King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership
@giwlkings.bsky.social
Working towards a world in which women of all backgrounds have fair and equal access to leadership. Based at Kings College London. Chaired by Julia Gillard.
Celebrating the 2025 Brenda Trenowden Feminist Analysis Essay Prize Winners 🎉
Humayra Ismail
Ida Di Stasio
George Small
Read their winning essays: www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/...
Humayra Ismail
Ida Di Stasio
George Small
Read their winning essays: www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/...
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Celebrating the 2025 Brenda Trenowden Feminist Analysis Essay Prize Winners 🎉
Humayra Ismail
Ida Di Stasio
George Small
Read their winning essays: www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/...
Humayra Ismail
Ida Di Stasio
George Small
Read their winning essays: www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/...
Our upcoming event brings together leaders to discuss inclusive growth in tech and beyond.
We’re asking: how inclusive will tech-led growth really be, and what systemic, policy and workplace shifts are needed to ensure women can fully participate and benefit?
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
We’re asking: how inclusive will tech-led growth really be, and what systemic, policy and workplace shifts are needed to ensure women can fully participate and benefit?
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Our upcoming event brings together leaders to discuss inclusive growth in tech and beyond.
We’re asking: how inclusive will tech-led growth really be, and what systemic, policy and workplace shifts are needed to ensure women can fully participate and benefit?
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
We’re asking: how inclusive will tech-led growth really be, and what systemic, policy and workplace shifts are needed to ensure women can fully participate and benefit?
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
How do we ensure that economic progress benefits everyone, not just the few?
Our expert panel will explore how innovation can drive inclusive growth.
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:00–21:00
📍 Science Gallery London
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
Our expert panel will explore how innovation can drive inclusive growth.
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:00–21:00
📍 Science Gallery London
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do we ensure that economic progress benefits everyone, not just the few?
Our expert panel will explore how innovation can drive inclusive growth.
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:00–21:00
📍 Science Gallery London
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
Our expert panel will explore how innovation can drive inclusive growth.
🗓️ 5 Nov, 18:00–21:00
📍 Science Gallery London
Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inclu...
‘The tradwife trend isn’t nostalgia—it’s a warning sign.’
Last week, explored what’s behind the rise of ‘tradwife’ influencers and uncover what the evidence tells us about young women’s attitudes towards work and gender roles.
Watch the recording: youtu.be/inJ0FdPzWnk
#ESRCFestival @ukri.org
Last week, explored what’s behind the rise of ‘tradwife’ influencers and uncover what the evidence tells us about young women’s attitudes towards work and gender roles.
Watch the recording: youtu.be/inJ0FdPzWnk
#ESRCFestival @ukri.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
‘The tradwife trend isn’t nostalgia—it’s a warning sign.’
Last week, explored what’s behind the rise of ‘tradwife’ influencers and uncover what the evidence tells us about young women’s attitudes towards work and gender roles.
Watch the recording: youtu.be/inJ0FdPzWnk
#ESRCFestival @ukri.org
Last week, explored what’s behind the rise of ‘tradwife’ influencers and uncover what the evidence tells us about young women’s attitudes towards work and gender roles.
Watch the recording: youtu.be/inJ0FdPzWnk
#ESRCFestival @ukri.org
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The 'tradwife' trend isn’t not a return to tradition - it's a plea for balance.
A new @giwlkings.bsky.social study finds young women are drawn to tradwife content for the aesthetic of simplicity and escape from increasingly demanding work - not for its gender roles.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-tra...
A new @giwlkings.bsky.social study finds young women are drawn to tradwife content for the aesthetic of simplicity and escape from increasingly demanding work - not for its gender roles.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-tra...
The tradwife phenomenon isn't a return to tradition, it's a plea for balance | King's College London
New research suggests it’s a reflection of modern pressures rather than nostalgia for domesticity.
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The 'tradwife' trend isn’t not a return to tradition - it's a plea for balance.
A new @giwlkings.bsky.social study finds young women are drawn to tradwife content for the aesthetic of simplicity and escape from increasingly demanding work - not for its gender roles.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-tra...
A new @giwlkings.bsky.social study finds young women are drawn to tradwife content for the aesthetic of simplicity and escape from increasingly demanding work - not for its gender roles.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-tra...
‘Tradwife’ influencers are trending, but what’s really behind their appeal?
Join us for an evening that goes beyond the headlines, with new data on what young women want.
🗓️ 15 Oct
⏰ 18:15–20:30
📍 Science Gallery London
👉 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/tradw...
#Tradwife #ESRCFestival @ukri.org
Join us for an evening that goes beyond the headlines, with new data on what young women want.
🗓️ 15 Oct
⏰ 18:15–20:30
📍 Science Gallery London
👉 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/tradw...
#Tradwife #ESRCFestival @ukri.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
‘Tradwife’ influencers are trending, but what’s really behind their appeal?
Join us for an evening that goes beyond the headlines, with new data on what young women want.
🗓️ 15 Oct
⏰ 18:15–20:30
📍 Science Gallery London
👉 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/tradw...
#Tradwife #ESRCFestival @ukri.org
Join us for an evening that goes beyond the headlines, with new data on what young women want.
🗓️ 15 Oct
⏰ 18:15–20:30
📍 Science Gallery London
👉 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/tradw...
#Tradwife #ESRCFestival @ukri.org
"this general leftwards trend amongst women is much more pronounced for those under 30, and has magnified in recent years. According to the European Social Survey the gap is still widening, with teenage girls moving even further left"
➡️ samf.substack.com/p/why-are-yo...
➡️ samf.substack.com/p/why-are-yo...
Why are young women increasingly left-wing?
And how it could change politics
samf.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"this general leftwards trend amongst women is much more pronounced for those under 30, and has magnified in recent years. According to the European Social Survey the gap is still widening, with teenage girls moving even further left"
➡️ samf.substack.com/p/why-are-yo...
➡️ samf.substack.com/p/why-are-yo...
🎉 We're delighted that The Leverhulme Trust has awarded an Early Career Fellowship to Dr Hyojin Seo, who will join us in 2026 to explore how digitalisation is creating a new form of precarity, particularly for women – who remain overrepresented in precarious work.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-ear...
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-ear...
Two early-career researchers win prestigious Leverhulme Fellowships
The Leverhulme Trust has awarded Early Career Fellowships to Dr Byungdoo Kim and Dr Hyojin Seo, who will carry out their research projects at King’s Business School.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🎉 We're delighted that The Leverhulme Trust has awarded an Early Career Fellowship to Dr Hyojin Seo, who will join us in 2026 to explore how digitalisation is creating a new form of precarity, particularly for women – who remain overrepresented in precarious work.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-ear...
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-ear...
"the insights in her book have been described as essential for HR leaders designing people-centric policies"
We're delighted to see HR Magazine name GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social in their ‘Most Influential’ list for this year.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-kin...
We're delighted to see HR Magazine name GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social in their ‘Most Influential’ list for this year.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-kin...
Two King's Business School academics on HR magazine's 'Most Influential' list
Professors Heejung Chung and Kim Hoque are named among the top thought leaders by a key industry title.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"the insights in her book have been described as essential for HR leaders designing people-centric policies"
We're delighted to see HR Magazine name GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social in their ‘Most Influential’ list for this year.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-kin...
We're delighted to see HR Magazine name GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social in their ‘Most Influential’ list for this year.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-kin...
Attention King's Students!
Deadline: tomorrow!
Honour the legacy of Brenda Trenowden CBE by submitting your feminist analysis essay for publication and prizes up to £600.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
Deadline: tomorrow!
Honour the legacy of Brenda Trenowden CBE by submitting your feminist analysis essay for publication and prizes up to £600.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
June 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Attention King's Students!
Deadline: tomorrow!
Honour the legacy of Brenda Trenowden CBE by submitting your feminist analysis essay for publication and prizes up to £600.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
Deadline: tomorrow!
Honour the legacy of Brenda Trenowden CBE by submitting your feminist analysis essay for publication and prizes up to £600.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
🌈 This Pride Month, we stand in solidarity with LGBTQIA+ communities across the globe.
In a time of rising hostility and regression, we reaffirm that gender equality must include all genders, identities and expressions.
In a time of rising hostility and regression, we reaffirm that gender equality must include all genders, identities and expressions.
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌈 This Pride Month, we stand in solidarity with LGBTQIA+ communities across the globe.
In a time of rising hostility and regression, we reaffirm that gender equality must include all genders, identities and expressions.
In a time of rising hostility and regression, we reaffirm that gender equality must include all genders, identities and expressions.
“If you want to maintain our current standard of living and if you want to maintain economic growth, this is something we should take extremely seriously”
GIWL affiliate Dr Alice Evans in @thetimes.com on implications and solutions to the global fertility crisis
➡️ www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
GIWL affiliate Dr Alice Evans in @thetimes.com on implications and solutions to the global fertility crisis
➡️ www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
We’re in a ‘global fertility crisis’. Does this woman have a solution?
Countries across the world are fretting about falling birthrates. Now one academic believes she’s discovered the cause – and has a plan to address it
www.thetimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“If you want to maintain our current standard of living and if you want to maintain economic growth, this is something we should take extremely seriously”
GIWL affiliate Dr Alice Evans in @thetimes.com on implications and solutions to the global fertility crisis
➡️ www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
GIWL affiliate Dr Alice Evans in @thetimes.com on implications and solutions to the global fertility crisis
➡️ www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
Study ANY subject at King's?
Apply feminist analysis in your coursework? Submit to the Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize by June 27th!
Winners published in Feminist Perspectives + cash prizes of £600/£300/£100.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
Apply feminist analysis in your coursework? Submit to the Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize by June 27th!
Winners published in Feminist Perspectives + cash prizes of £600/£300/£100.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
June 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Study ANY subject at King's?
Apply feminist analysis in your coursework? Submit to the Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize by June 27th!
Winners published in Feminist Perspectives + cash prizes of £600/£300/£100.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
Apply feminist analysis in your coursework? Submit to the Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize by June 27th!
Winners published in Feminist Perspectives + cash prizes of £600/£300/£100.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
“Anyone facing a return to office mandate should hold their ground – resistance is more than reasonable...In the UK at least, flexibility is the norm – and will continue to be so."
@heejungchung.bsky.social is quoted in the Telegraph on trends in working from home
@heejungchung.bsky.social is quoted in the Telegraph on trends in working from home
Why under-30s are ditching WFH
Tamara Salloum is one of a growing number of Gen Z workers who prefer life in the office
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Anyone facing a return to office mandate should hold their ground – resistance is more than reasonable...In the UK at least, flexibility is the norm – and will continue to be so."
@heejungchung.bsky.social is quoted in the Telegraph on trends in working from home
@heejungchung.bsky.social is quoted in the Telegraph on trends in working from home
UG & PGT students at Kings College – the Brenda Trenowden Feminist Analysis Essay Prize wants YOUR academic work!
£600 first prize, publication opportunity, and a special award ceremony.
Submit your existing coursework by June 27th.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
£600 first prize, publication opportunity, and a special award ceremony.
Submit your existing coursework by June 27th.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
June 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
UG & PGT students at Kings College – the Brenda Trenowden Feminist Analysis Essay Prize wants YOUR academic work!
£600 first prize, publication opportunity, and a special award ceremony.
Submit your existing coursework by June 27th.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
£600 first prize, publication opportunity, and a special award ceremony.
Submit your existing coursework by June 27th.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
"...women’s political leadership in executive positions is not merely stagnating – it is regressing."
➡️ www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
➡️ www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
Women’s political leadership declines, with fewer women in executive office in 2025 | UN Women – Headquarters
Fewer women hold top political offices in 2025. UN Women reports rising barriers, political violence and setbacks in gender equality in leadership worldwide.
www.unwomen.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"...women’s political leadership in executive positions is not merely stagnating – it is regressing."
➡️ www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
➡️ www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
"One of the most important findings...may not come as a surprise to those working in the field, but is incredibly powerful to have backed by solid, empirical evidence: gender equality is not a zero-sum game"
@womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social on our Gender Equality Index (genderequalityindex.uk)
@womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social on our Gender Equality Index (genderequalityindex.uk)
Gender equality is not a zero-sum game: What the new Gender Equality Index tells us
WBG's Emma Thackray shares some first Insights from the new Gender Equality Index.
www.wbg.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"One of the most important findings...may not come as a surprise to those working in the field, but is incredibly powerful to have backed by solid, empirical evidence: gender equality is not a zero-sum game"
@womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social on our Gender Equality Index (genderequalityindex.uk)
@womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social on our Gender Equality Index (genderequalityindex.uk)
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A new report from @commonswec.parliament.uk confirms what working parents already know: our system is outdated, unequal, and exclusionary.
UK fathers get just 2 weeks of leave. Mothers can get 52.
This entrenches outdated gender roles and widens the gender pay gap
UK fathers get just 2 weeks of leave. Mothers can get 52.
This entrenches outdated gender roles and widens the gender pay gap
We have published a report, Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave.
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
June 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A new report from @commonswec.parliament.uk confirms what working parents already know: our system is outdated, unequal, and exclusionary.
UK fathers get just 2 weeks of leave. Mothers can get 52.
This entrenches outdated gender roles and widens the gender pay gap
UK fathers get just 2 weeks of leave. Mothers can get 52.
This entrenches outdated gender roles and widens the gender pay gap
"...even just speaking about women and men feels more fraught than it ever has, and I've written about this for a long time"
@lexytopping.bsky.social at our panel event last week, discussing @cordeliafine.bsky.social's new book, Patriarchy Inc
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
@lexytopping.bsky.social at our panel event last week, discussing @cordeliafine.bsky.social's new book, Patriarchy Inc
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
June 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"...even just speaking about women and men feels more fraught than it ever has, and I've written about this for a long time"
@lexytopping.bsky.social at our panel event last week, discussing @cordeliafine.bsky.social's new book, Patriarchy Inc
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
@lexytopping.bsky.social at our panel event last week, discussing @cordeliafine.bsky.social's new book, Patriarchy Inc
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
🎓 Scholarship opportunity
Are you a woman in business, thinking about studying the King’s Executive MBA? Did you know that offer holders can apply for our Women Excelling in Business scholarship?
➡️ If you’re ready to take the next step, get in contact with us: www.kcl.ac.uk/business/exe...
Are you a woman in business, thinking about studying the King’s Executive MBA? Did you know that offer holders can apply for our Women Excelling in Business scholarship?
➡️ If you’re ready to take the next step, get in contact with us: www.kcl.ac.uk/business/exe...
June 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎓 Scholarship opportunity
Are you a woman in business, thinking about studying the King’s Executive MBA? Did you know that offer holders can apply for our Women Excelling in Business scholarship?
➡️ If you’re ready to take the next step, get in contact with us: www.kcl.ac.uk/business/exe...
Are you a woman in business, thinking about studying the King’s Executive MBA? Did you know that offer holders can apply for our Women Excelling in Business scholarship?
➡️ If you’re ready to take the next step, get in contact with us: www.kcl.ac.uk/business/exe...
"...patriarchy also limits our freedom, it limits what we can do and who we can be"
Last night @cordeliafine.bsky.social joined us and an expert panel to discuss her new book Patriarchy Inc
Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
Last night @cordeliafine.bsky.social joined us and an expert panel to discuss her new book Patriarchy Inc
Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
June 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"...patriarchy also limits our freedom, it limits what we can do and who we can be"
Last night @cordeliafine.bsky.social joined us and an expert panel to discuss her new book Patriarchy Inc
Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
Last night @cordeliafine.bsky.social joined us and an expert panel to discuss her new book Patriarchy Inc
Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...
Tonight we are joined by @cordeliafine.bsky.social discussing her new book 'Patriarchy Inc: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality and Why Men Still Win at Work', with Jeremy Davies, Aneeta Rattan, @lexytopping.bsky.social, and
@heejungchung.bsky.social
📺 Live: www.youtube.com/live/A1yVl29...
@heejungchung.bsky.social
📺 Live: www.youtube.com/live/A1yVl29...
June 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tonight we are joined by @cordeliafine.bsky.social discussing her new book 'Patriarchy Inc: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality and Why Men Still Win at Work', with Jeremy Davies, Aneeta Rattan, @lexytopping.bsky.social, and
@heejungchung.bsky.social
📺 Live: www.youtube.com/live/A1yVl29...
@heejungchung.bsky.social
📺 Live: www.youtube.com/live/A1yVl29...
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South Korea gender divide update 😲
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
South Korea gender divide update 😲
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is accepting submissions from ALL King's students.
Top 3 winners receive cash prizes AND publication.
Already written the essay? Just submit by June 27th!
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
Top 3 winners receive cash prizes AND publication.
Already written the essay? Just submit by June 27th!
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is accepting submissions from ALL King's students.
Top 3 winners receive cash prizes AND publication.
Already written the essay? Just submit by June 27th!
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
Top 3 winners receive cash prizes AND publication.
Already written the essay? Just submit by June 27th!
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-t...
"If you ask workers right now 'what is the most important thing when you look fora job?'... they talk about flexibility, work life balance as the very top items"
@heejungchung.bsky.social spoke to @roysocmed.bsky.social last week about the challenges and opportunities of the changing workplace
@heejungchung.bsky.social spoke to @roysocmed.bsky.social last week about the challenges and opportunities of the changing workplace
May 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"If you ask workers right now 'what is the most important thing when you look fora job?'... they talk about flexibility, work life balance as the very top items"
@heejungchung.bsky.social spoke to @roysocmed.bsky.social last week about the challenges and opportunities of the changing workplace
@heejungchung.bsky.social spoke to @roysocmed.bsky.social last week about the challenges and opportunities of the changing workplace