Women want to experiment in boardrooms
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What strange customs these management peoples have Cranfield School of Management is looking for firms to open their boardrooms for academic examination to help researchers determine whether the infamous old boys network really does prevent women from taking the top jobs in science, engineering and technology (SET) industries.â¦
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In surfing, the participation and performance of women have been surging, boosting industry profits. But gender equity for the sport remains a point of contention.
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Breaking new ground in the history of space exploration, women are at the helm of the International Space Station and the space shuttle at the same time, as they orbit the Earth.
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DemoFall participants look to make it easier to book meetings.
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Viedo game companies, trying to cope with declining sales, are intensifying efforts to lure women to gaming.
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Businesswomen make up a growing percentage of the global workforce but are still under-represented in the boardroom.  With just 117 women among the 1,130 directors of the FTSE 100 companies, according to a recent survey (January 2007) by Cranfield University, it would need almost a fourfold increase in female representation to achieve gender equality.
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A new contest allows you to test your breakout business concept.
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Measures aimed at tearing down barriers to women succeeding in the workplace are to be unveiled.
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The women are specialists in the subduing of spirited hair  -- wizards of blow-dryers and curling irons, of brightly colored rollers and creamy Caribbean unguents, of bobby pins and potent frizz fighters.  Kinks and coils are not welcome. Curls are to be quashed into submission, lassoed around...
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A new branding campaign by The Wall Street Journal hopes to attract women and younger consumers.
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Chinese women are queuing up to test a new medicine that aims to help them achieve orgasm, in another example of the more open attitudes to sex being adopted in a traditionally conservative country.
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The new facility, Microsoft's sixth, will open in July. The lab will be led by Jennifer Tour Chayes, marking the first time a woman has been tapped to lead one of the company's research centers.
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The UK opens a national centre for women scientists, engineers and technologists to combat under-representation in the field.
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Over the last decade, women have shown some progress in ascending the corporate hierarchy. But the data has always been shaped much like a pyramid.
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Despite tough odds, some Mideast women are gaining power.
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More women are setting up their own businesses than ever before, according to data published yesterday. Research by Barclays found that entrepreneurial activity among women in the UK has grown by 28% since 2000.
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The psychologist who gave birth to twin boys at age 60 said Thursday she was on a mission to let women know they have choices.