Harriet Harman is threatening to force companies to do more in appointing female directors, in an attempt to end the "old boy network" in boardrooms.
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Telegraph on 8th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Action is needed to end the "nightmare" of male dominated leadership of major companies, Harriet Harman says.
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BBCPolitics on 20th Oct 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Harriet Harman has attacked big companies for airbrushing images of women to hide the signs of ageing and insisted that older women can be attractive.
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Telegraph on 11th Jan 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Harriet Harman has been given an official warning for exaggerating the pay gap between men and women. She claimed that women were paid 23% less, but Sir Michael Scholar, the statistics watchdog, says 12.8% would be a more accurate figure. Harriet Harman's figure includes part time workers and more of them are women. On top of race, disability and gender, (public bodies) will have to promote e...
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PurpleScorpion on 12th Jun 2009 (via thepurplescorpion.blogspot.com)
Harriet Harman belongs to a particular breed of Labour women who claim to have the best interests of other women at heart. In reality their concern is rooted in a blinkered ideology says Liz Hunt.
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Telegraph on 4th Aug 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Harriet Harman has called for action to help more black, Asian and minority ethnic women councillors be elected.
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ePolitix on 3rd Nov 2008 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
New equalities laws could be used to increase the number of women on the boards of banks including statecontrolled institutions like RBS Harriet Harman has suggested.
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Telegraph on 7th May 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Harriet Harman has been warned to stop going on about women's rights by the man she replaced as deputy Labour leader.
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Telegraph on 26th Sep 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Labour's Deputy leader Harriet Harman MP today hosted the first ever women's summit at Labour Party conference. The event was the biggest political meeting of women in any political party in recent times, bringing together Labour women activists, new members and elected representatives from across the UK. Party membership has risen by 35,000, 40% of whom are women. Women now form the hig...
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LabourMatters on 26th Sep 2010 (via labourmatters.com)