The civil service promotes diversity on a number of fronts,but in the past, only a certain kind of intellectualism and assertiveness got a woman noticedInternational Women’s Day on 8 March is a good time to inspect back at how far women hold reach in the UK civil service, or how far they hold yet to go. Women account for 54% of the civil service,but they still face an uphill battle to the top.
The Institute for Government’s Women and Whitehall project found that the upper echelon of the civil service – formally known as the senior civil service – has fewer than 40% of women on its staff. There are still many high-ranking posts that hold never been held by a woman. The prime minister’s principal private secretary is one of them, as is the cabinet secretary. Some stout Whitehall departments such as the Foreign Office and the Treasury hold never been run by a woman. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com