I have always been career minded. Since I can remember, I have vowed to put school, then university, then work, first. When I finished school, my parents had to practically force me to take a “gap” year before university. I was so worried that if I took a year off my peers would get ahead [...]
It feels quite indulgent to write an article for Edwards on whether or not I should change my name upon marriage, but I have to say it is something of a growing obsession for me. On top of the continuous conversations I am having about the colour of the ribbons on the wedding invitations (“But [...]
In the past year, the Equal Opportunities Commission in the UK has celebrated 30 years of the Sex Discrimination Act. The state of women’s employment has changed dramatically in this time. A couple of years before the Act was passed, only one in four mothers with pre-school children was working, but by 2004, this figure [...]
