International Women’s Day
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Mar- 2025 -7 MarchEconomy
Accountants key to inclusive growth through gender-responsive budgeting, ACCA says
Accountants play a “vital role” in contributing to an inclusive society as gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) should be seen by policymakers and governments as a “key tool” for driving inclusive growth and systemic change, according to ACCA. In its new research named ‘Gender-responsive budgeting: unlocking the potential’, global accountancy body ACCA…
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7 MarchAccounting Firms
Gender parity in senior roles still 25 years away, Grant Thornton warns
Without immediate action, global gender parity in senior management roles in mid-market companies won’t be achieved until 2051, according to Grant Thornton’s International Women in Business Report. Released ahead of International Women’s Day 2025, which will take place tomorrow (8 March), the report revealed that despite steady progress in recent…
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Mar- 2024 -11 MarchLatest News
Women play ‘crucial role’ in green economy, ACCA finds
Women have a “crucial role” to play in the green economy, ACCA has revealed following International Women’s Day last week. The global accountancy body has said to be concerned that women are in danger of being left behind in the green transition. As such, ACCA is calling on governments, policy…
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8 MarchAccounting Firms
MHA makes sustainable period products available to all staff
MHA has made organic sanitary products from Organic Mondays available to staff for free across 21 offices, as part of its commitment for inclusion and wellbeing in its workspaces. The news coincides with this year’s International Women’s Day 8 March, a global day which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and…
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Mar- 2022 -22 MarchComment
Lessons the sector learned from IWD
Earlier this month, we celebrated International Women’s Day. This year’s theme was #BreaktheBias, a campaign to break stereotypes across communities, workplaces, and schools, colleges and universities. While financial services has traditionally been a male dominated industry, it’s positive to see that since 2016, all accountancy bodies worldwide have seen an…
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8 MarchEvents
ACCA calls for women to play a reinforced role in race to net-zero
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has revealed it is celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day by calling for the role of women to be “reinforced” in tackling the climate crisis. According to the UN Environment Programme, it’s estimated 80% of people displaced by climate change are women and…
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8 MarchComment
International Women’s Day: Women in Accountancy
I knew I wanted to be an accountant from the young age of 13. Growing up in a household of businesspeople, accounting was part of everyday life. I used to help my dad with the books for his dental practice and loved it when everything reconciled, I got a real…
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Mar- 2021 -8 MarchAccounting Standards
ACCA urges for ‘inclusive approach’ to economic recovery on IWD
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is calling for a more “inclusive approach” to the world’s economic recovery to mark International Women’s Day (IWD). The global trade association is urging governments to ensure women and men are treated equally, in regards to benefiting from the economic recovery, by using…
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Feb- 2020 -18 FebruaryComment
Greater diversity in senior leadership has never been more urgent
During the first two months of the year we regularly see there is an upwards trend in enquiries in the conference and events industry for events focused on 8 March , International Women’s Day. This trend has been traditional for many years as companies have almost been given permission…
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