Provides clear-eyed analysis of the challenges facing women

Sunday Business Post

<b>I loved this book... Inspiring...</b> There is something for everyone.

- Cath Sell, Nudge

In the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp <b>this book is what we need to arm ourselves to make the final push for equality</b>. Real and tangible equality is possible but we need to work together to achieve it and <b>we all need to read this book.</b>

- Nimco Ali,

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<b>I love this book.</b> Everyone should read it, particularly future generations and those who see themselves as architects of new solutions. We must all acknowledge our absorption of inequality to gain clarity, not just about gender bias, but the bigger picture of marginalization and under-representation as a whole.

- Professor Caryn Franklin MBE,

Shortlisted for the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards (Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian)Why does power remain concentrated in the hands of men?And why do the problems of sexism sometimes feel just too big to solve?In this passionate call to arms, leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Government Minister for Women Jo Swinson outlines the steps we can all take, large and small, to make our businesses, politics and culture truly gender equal. With clear and uncompromising analysis, Swinson shows the stark extent of the inequality around us, arguing that everyone - from students to CEOs - can work together to create a world of Equal Power.
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A call to arms from the leader of the Liberal Democrats that challenges the persistent inequality of power between men and women.
Provides clear-eyed analysis of the challenges facing women

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786491893
Publisert
2019-02-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Atlantic Books
Vekt
386 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400

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Om bidragsyterne

Jo Swinson is a Member of Parliament, and deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats. From 2012 to 2015 she served as a Government Minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), and Minister for Women and Equalities. Her achievements included introducing shared parental leave and legislating to require gender pay gap reporting. First elected at the age of 25, Jo represented her home seat of East Dunbartonshire for a decade until 2015. She wrote Equal Power while out of Parliament, before regaining her seat in the 2017 election.