Full Description
Disruptive Women is your guide to changing the status quo in the education system.
Drawing from rich, varied perspectives from across the global WomenEd community it offers guidance, solidarity and real-life examples of how to make change happen in four vital areas:
Increasing the representation of women in educational leadership
Breaking down barriers that exclude diverse women from leadership roles
Disrupting the gender pay gap for women leaders
Championing flexible working for more equitable working cultures
This is unmissable reading for anyone working in schools, universities and other educational organisations who recognises the need to disrupt, innovate and to change education to be more inclusive, equitable and diverse.
Contents
Part 1: Increasing the representation of women in leadership - Lisa Hannay
Chapter 1 Time to use our superpowers - Amy Bowdler
Chapter 2 Powerful stories - Bianca Greenhalgh
Chapter 3 Harnessing the power of professional learning networks - Jessica Mahdavi-Gladwell
Chapter 4 Imposter syndrome: quietening the voices in our heads - Jess Gosling
Chapter 5 Networking to develop and innovate - Nasima Riazat
Chapter 6 Disrupting social norms: the Dream Gap Project - Kiran Satti
Case Study 1 Confronting unconscious bias - Rebecca Hoyes
Part 2: Breaking barriers: diverse women in educational leadership - Natasha Hilton
Chapter 7 The diversity gap: what is the current state of play in education? - Parm Plummer
Chapter 8 Take your seat at the table! - Haley Yearwood
Chapter 9 How diverse is it 'really'? The data linked to leadership in schools - Miriam Hussain
Chapter 10 Letting go of imposter syndrome: writing herstory - Loretta Fernando-Smith and Angeline Aow
Chapter 11 A different kind of brain: what are the benefits and barriers of neurodivergent women in leadership? - Yasmine Baker
Chapter 12 Diverse leadership: if you can't see it, be it! - Azuraye Williams
Chapter 13 How do we level the playing field? - Radha Badhan
Case Study 2 Fitting into the mould: do you have to change who you are? - Joyce I-Hui Chen
Case Study 3 The F Word: Failure - Angela Schofield
Part 3: Disrupting the gender pay gap for women leaders - Vivienne Porritt
Chapter 14 Systemic sexism: the global gender pay gap - Liz Free
Chapter 15 Disrupting the gender pay gap: empowering female middle leaders to progress into senior leadership - Katrina Kerry
Chapter 16 Negotiating salaries - Jenetta Hurst
Chapter 17 Why isn't my gender pay gap improving? - Sue Prickett
Chapter 18 Mind the gap? Yes, so let's do something about it! - Abigail Mann
Case Study 4 The gender pay gap in a higher education organisation - Stefani Dupree
Case Study 5 Disrupt the gender pay gap: know your worth - Jess Gosling
Part 4: Flexible working: culture change required - Vivienne Porritt
Chapter 19 Flexible working: a sustainable solution? - Ruth Astley
Chapter 20 The future of flexible working - the impact of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill - Lindsay Patience
Chapter 21 Miscarriage is not a dirty word: why we should normalise talking about baby loss - Esther Mustamu-Daniels
Chapter 22 Finding opportunities and freedom through flexible working - Helen Young
Chapter 23 Is there a parental penalty in education? - Hannah Duncan
Chapter 24 Making more of menopause - Derry Richardson
Chapter 25 Menopause and flexible working: starting conversations - Suzanne Brown and Katy Marsh-Davies
Chapter 26 What's your problem with flexible working? - Wendy Cobb and Kerry Jordan-Daus
Case Study 6 Negotiating flexible working: upholding your principles - Maggie Eldridge-Mrotzek
Case Study 7 The big wheel of flexible working - Aimee Quickfall
Case Study 8 Including women - Maz Foucher
