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Articles celebrating 100 years of women in chartered accountancy

Throughout 2019 and 2020, ICAEW ran a series of articles describing the past and current situation of female chartered accountants.

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INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT How CFO Bushra Hanif empowers women in Pakistan
  • Article
  • 22 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
ACA-qualified chartered accountant Hanif is one of the few female CFOs in Pakistan leading from the front in transforming finance teams – and women’s healthcare to boot.
ICAEW reaffirms commitment to gender balance
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The number of women in senior roles at ICAEW continues to increase, as the institute delivers on its pledge for a gender balance across financial services.
INSIGHTS SPECIAL INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT ICAEW accountant stars in Team GB Olympic rugby
  • Article
  • 14 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Heather Cowell, Team GB rugby sevens forward and ICAEW Chartered Accountant, explains how playing hard and working smart paved the way for her success both on and off the field.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT ICAEW celebrates gender diversity progress
  • Article
  • 03 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Most recent submission to the Women in Finance Charter shows that women hold 54.6% of senior roles at ICAEW.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Stop trying to fix women – start fixing the system
  • Article
  • 17 Aug 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Rather than seeing typically female traits as barriers to career progression, redesign the system, says diversity, equity and inclusion leader Joe Consedine – majority over-represented groups must make the shift, not the women themselves.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Saudi Arabia trade mission puts female entrepreneurs in spotlight
  • Article
  • 24 Mar 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
UK-based female entrepreneurs have been given an insight into Saudi Arabia’s business landscape thanks to a trade mission to encourage foreign direct investment into the country.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT International Women’s Day: UAE accountants on embracing equity
  • Article
  • 07 Mar 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW asked some of its top female members from the UAE how chartered accountants can help organisations tackle gender inequality.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT FTSE boards failing to promote women into executive roles
  • Article
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Despite progress in hiring women as non-executive directors, boards continue to miss opportunities to create robust female talent pipelines to the top executive jobs.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Can workplace gender diversity mitigate climate-change risk?
  • Article
  • 30 Jun 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The need for greater representation of women in business has been further validated after ECB research found a correlation between higher female representation at managerial level and companies’ success in reducing CO2 emissions.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Women in leadership
  • Article
  • 10 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Female representation at board level across the UK’s largest companies is on the up, but women are still the exception rather than the rule when it comes to bagging executive roles such as the CFO.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Burnout: The reality of 2021 for women in the workplace
  • Article
  • 20 Oct 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
The latest Women in the Workplace report shows that women working in corporate roles in America are increasingly burned out and lack recognition for their leadership.
Women on boards - how do we reach equality?
  • Podcast
  • 14 Jul 2021
The pandemic has pushed back gender parity across the UK FTSE 350 to 2036, with women holding just 22% of all executive committee roles. Just 15 of the top companies have female chief executives. While we’ve made some progress in recent years, what needs to change to reach true equality? ICAEW's Susanna Di Feliciantonio and Jane Berney discuss the issue with a panel of experts.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Women on UK boards up by 50% but further progress needed
  • Article
  • 05 Mar 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
8 March 2021: More than a third of FTSE 350 board positions are now held by women, an increase of 50% over the past five years. However, the numbers disguise a mixed picture.
INSIGHTS FEATURE Meet the women who shape ICAEW
  • Article
  • 22 Mar 2020
  • Rachel Willcox
We’re celebrating the centenary of women in ICAEW by honouring some of the women who have made strident steps towards gender equality in accounting.
INSIGHTS FEATURE From pioneers to parity: 100 years of women in ICAEW
  • Article
  • 22 Mar 2020
  • Rachel Willcox
Any celebration of how far women have come needs to recognise how far we have to go. Real change is about new ways of thinking rather than new faces, says Rachel Willcox.
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