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.
How are young men and women’s attitudes toward gender, equality and identity evolving?
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How are young men and women’s attitudes toward gender, equality and identity evolving?
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
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
‘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
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.
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...
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...
"...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...
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
"The genie is out of the bottle, you can't put it back in, flexibility is now a baseline expectation"
@heejungchung.bsky.social speaking at the launch of our latest report on return-to-office mandates and what is at stake for workers, companies, and gender equality.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
@heejungchung.bsky.social speaking at the launch of our latest report on return-to-office mandates and what is at stake for workers, companies, and gender equality.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
May 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"The genie is out of the bottle, you can't put it back in, flexibility is now a baseline expectation"
@heejungchung.bsky.social speaking at the launch of our latest report on return-to-office mandates and what is at stake for workers, companies, and gender equality.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
@heejungchung.bsky.social speaking at the launch of our latest report on return-to-office mandates and what is at stake for workers, companies, and gender equality.
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
"People can't stop working from home once they've started, they have logistics with kids, with pets, with lives"
Times Radio on our latest report
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
Times Radio on our latest report
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
May 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"People can't stop working from home once they've started, they have logistics with kids, with pets, with lives"
Times Radio on our latest report
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
Times Radio on our latest report
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...
Join us tomorrow at 1pm for a webinar where we will unpack our findings and discuss broader trends with an expert panel of @heejungchung.bsky.social, Shiyu Yuan, @juliahobsbawm.bsky.social, @emmavj.bsky.social & Ellen Scott
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/retur...
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/retur...
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Join us tomorrow at 1pm for a webinar where we will unpack our findings and discuss broader trends with an expert panel of @heejungchung.bsky.social, Shiyu Yuan, @juliahobsbawm.bsky.social, @emmavj.bsky.social & Ellen Scott
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/retur...
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/retur...
We also find that Black and minority ethnic workers are more likely to comply with return-to-office mandates, raising questions about discrimination and job security
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We also find that Black and minority ethnic workers are more likely to comply with return-to-office mandates, raising questions about discrimination and job security
Some parents in particular are increasingly resistant to office mandates: 53% of fathers of school-age children now say they’d quit or look for a new job if their employer tried to force them back full-time – up from 38% in 2022
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Some parents in particular are increasingly resistant to office mandates: 53% of fathers of school-age children now say they’d quit or look for a new job if their employer tried to force them back full-time – up from 38% in 2022
Women are more likely to resist, with 64% saying they would quit straight away or seek alternative employment, compared to 51% of men
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Women are more likely to resist, with 64% saying they would quit straight away or seek alternative employment, compared to 51% of men
📈 Our analysis of the Labour Force Survey and Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes UK reveals a significant increase in the share of workers who say they would not comply with a full-time return-to-office requirement
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
📈 Our analysis of the Labour Force Survey and Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes UK reveals a significant increase in the share of workers who say they would not comply with a full-time return-to-office requirement
📝 Got an essay with feminist analysis from your degree programme?
Turn your academic work into a chance to win £600 and be published!
The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is now open to all UG and PGT students at King's.
➡️ More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-...
Turn your academic work into a chance to win £600 and be published!
The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is now open to all UG and PGT students at King's.
➡️ More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-...
May 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📝 Got an essay with feminist analysis from your degree programme?
Turn your academic work into a chance to win £600 and be published!
The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is now open to all UG and PGT students at King's.
➡️ More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-...
Turn your academic work into a chance to win £600 and be published!
The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is now open to all UG and PGT students at King's.
➡️ More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-...
"On the World Economic Forum's Gender Equality Index, we [the UK] don't do well"
Prof Kate Pickett at last week's launch of the Gender Equality Index UK - a comprehensive analysis of parity between women and men across 372 UK local authorities
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gender-...
Prof Kate Pickett at last week's launch of the Gender Equality Index UK - a comprehensive analysis of parity between women and men across 372 UK local authorities
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gender-...
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"On the World Economic Forum's Gender Equality Index, we [the UK] don't do well"
Prof Kate Pickett at last week's launch of the Gender Equality Index UK - a comprehensive analysis of parity between women and men across 372 UK local authorities
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gender-...
Prof Kate Pickett at last week's launch of the Gender Equality Index UK - a comprehensive analysis of parity between women and men across 372 UK local authorities
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gender-...