Equal Opportunities International: Volume 9 Issue 1

Problems of Working Women Discussed at 5th International Conference in Sofia

Anna Mahoney

The 5th World Conference on the Problems of Working Women, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from the 26 to 28 September 1989. Attended by 175 delegates representing 107 trade union…

Bargaining for Equality: Time for a New Agenda?

Linda Dickens, Trevor Colling

A glance at any newspaper or management periodical gives the impression that sex discrimination is soon likely to become a thing of the past. Women are being courted as never…

Perceptual Bias in the Workplace; Fighting the Double Standard

Barbara J. Durrell, Brian H. Kleiner

You have just transferred to a new division and it's your first day at work as an assembly supervisor. You go in to talk with your new boss, Department Manager G.C. Rasmussen…

“Tokens and Glass Ceilings”: The Real Issues of “Minorities” in Organisations

Gillian Stamp

In an earlier article I made some preliminary observations about the web of connections between individuals and the organisations in which they are employed, and in particular…

The ‘Demographic ‐ Dip’

The February issue of the National Westminster Bank's Quarterly Review contains an article by Lynne Evans entitled “The ‘Demographic ‐ Dip’: A Golden Opportunity for Women in the…