Pixar just released the first animated short in its new SparkShorts program and who better to get the ball rolling than – well a ball of yarn. The earnest 8-minute animated film follows a ball of yarn named ‘Purl’ at her new very male-dominated job and tackles the issue of gender equality in the

2017 has been a full-on year for women in the workplace – we tried to close the gender pay gap and smash the glass ceiling, we fought for workplace harassment claims to be heard and, on our time off, we joined the Women’s March. Here are the biggest stories of 2017 for working women, from finding

The post We Want More Women! appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. It’s a common complaint throughout the tech industry: there aren’t enough women–and the few who are there are treated terribly. It is important to know that the lack of women isn’t an isolated tech-world problem.  It’s a problem in

The post The politics of ‘nice’ – are you too friendly at work? appeared first on Ms. Career Girl. In a US election process that stumped even the most apathetic of onlookers, one moment in particular stood out for career women across the western world. Towards the end of the third presidential

This week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a key decision about the employment rights of strippers, adding another piece to the puzzle of an important class struggle that's going under the radar. The opinion, written by Reagan appointee Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, targets ...