Business schools’ teaching materials still overwhelmingly feature men in charge

Just a third of those classed as entrepreneurs in the UK are female

Widely-held ideas about merit skew hiring and promotion decisions

The second annual ranking of female and male executives who have made a substantial difference to women’s careers

Australia’s former prime minister is on a mission to tackle challenges to female success

A century ago, women won new rights to vote and work: we need a similar overhaul of working life

The backers’ boys club often balks at women’s bright ideas, leaving the door ajar for others

Companies can prepare more women for upper-echelon roles in several ways

A personal quest to find hacks for three challenges at work

Pay is affected by career breaks and how innovative a sector is

A decade of mandatory 40% female quotas for boards has had mixed outcomes

Jody Gerson is the only woman among the music industry’s 10 most powerful figures

Backers of ventures that contribute to the social good often have a strong female contingent

Family-friendly company crèches are one way to keep workers motivated and loyal

Industry officials discuss the problems facing the sector and what needs to be done

FT finds proportion of women in senior ranks of finance groups inched up to 27.2%

Poll finds senior men in financial services industry still outnumber women almost 3:1

The venture capitalist and philanthropist backs her mission to rid tech of discrimination with bold action

Bill requires at least one woman director of public companies based in the US state

Move by Silicon Valley investor comes amid attacks on sector for lack of diversity

Shinzo Abe’s female empowerment policy seen largely as push for more and cheaper workers