Chloe Emmott

Feminist activist and blogger

Sadie Smith has written a scathing indictment of 'the online wimminz mob' over at New Statesman. It's a portrait that, as a member of the 'online wimminz mob' I don't recognise at all.

Jane Burkitt

Senior Supply Chain Director with PepsiCo UK, as well as mum of two beautiful children and passionate ambassador for diversity and inclusion

There is no escaping the fact that the sight of a woman directing operations in a factory or leading a group of engineers on a gritty construction site still remains an unusual image.

Kate Green MP

Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston, Shadow Minister for Equalities

Women form a relatively small proportion of the criminal justice caseload, but their circumstances are often complex, and they frequently display very high levels of need.

Michelle Holmes

creative, writer, yogi and music lover

Bitch, slag, whore, slut, cow - all names synonymous with the female of the species. Men call us that and even worse, we call ourselves that, and by ourselves I mean our fellow sisters.

Verity Nelson

I write so that I need not talk

In a world where men used to have to trawl the internet, magazines, phone boxes and the like to get his sexual kicks, all a man has to do nowadays is walk down the street and there is a girl, barely at womanhood, showing everything she has. When I see these incredibly short shorts, I get red-faced.

Lucy Paine

Talentum Apprentice at O2 and One Young World Ambassador

These are the girls who need to be convinced of their ability, and shown the opportunities that are there for the taking. To reach them all, we need to turn International Women's Day into a year-round campaign that champions women's leadership, and shows girls that they can achieve any career if they want it enough.

Jack L. Williams

Barman and head mixologist for Late Night London

So here is my confession: too many women feel they need to drink like men. It's something we see time and time again at the bar, always the flick of the eye towards the other drinks being pulled and then the order for something meaty in a pint glass. When did this happen? What happened to girls being allowed to drink fruity cocktails? Is feminism now brandishing a pint glass rather than a bra?

Gates Cambridge Scholars

Gates Cambridge Scholars are intellectually outstanding postgraduate students with a capacity for leadership and a commitment to improving the lives of others

Thinking about recent local events, it is disturbing in the extreme that women have been called 'whore' and 'slut' by their male Union members when attempting to speak in debating contests. Here in the 21st Century the association between a woman's open mouth and her 'open' sexuality are again, however subconsciously or otherwise, being disseminated.

Ana Tzarev

International artist based in both Monaco and Thailand

Great Art is born for the benefit of all Humanity from the Universal Spirit of Love

Neela Bettridge

Board advisor, coach and mentor

In a world where volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are now the norm, are women missing a trick? Instead of playing catch-up in existing corporate structures, why not create newer, more sustainable ones?

Sarah Lothian

Journalist, writer

The report couldn't have been clearer. So-called 'false allegations' of rape are 'very rare', according to Keir Starmer QC, the director of public pro...

Janice Atkinson

Ukip member, former Tory MP candidate

This ditched tax, along with the proposed 'fat tax' and 'bedroom tax' will only hit the poor. Those former members of the Bullingdon Club wouldn't notice a hitch in wine prices but the little old lady on a fixed income who likes a sherry before dinner and the dwindling few who pop into the pub on the way home from work would have shouldered this tax.

Alan Bacarese

Special Counsel at Peters & Peters Solicitors, leading UK and international anti-corruption and governance expert

However, in this modern age there are legitimate questions raised as to whether martial coercion should remain on the statute books - a defence based on the premise of a woman's lack of moral strength, is surely outdated. Or is it?

Kelly Hoppen

Designer, Dragon, Businesswoman and Mother

Having 'it all' or even defining what that means can be difficult. For women, success is often painted in a different light than for men. Success for a woman is more than having a successful career, its about relationships with others, family, friends, community, creative fulfillment.

Jacqui Hunt

Director (London Office), Equality Now

Is it possible to have faith in a system of self-regulation when those developing that system are not even opening their discussions to public scrutiny? "Who guards the guardians?" is a question still pertinent today, well over a year after it was first posed by Lord Justice Leveson in launching his inquiry.

Green Futures

The leading magazine on environmental solutions and sustainable futures

Judith Harry says that women are not supposed to be leaders, or at least that's what people think. She is a groundnut farmer in Mchinji, Malawi, and a single mother raising her teenage daughter and two teenage orphans.