International Women's Day 2018

Women's rights and the push for equality is extremely important to us, as a female-run brand.

We often focus on feminist issues, in particular those that relate to fashion and media (we run an ongoing Ageless Fashion campaign highlighting the lack of representation of women over 40, we have talked about gender and identity inclusive of NB/trans/genderfluid people, we have discussed ethical fashion and how this supports women worldwide, we discussed the objectification of Bettie Page, and we have discussed the male gaze), so we decided to create some stats cards that you can share this International Women's Day to highlight issues and inequality.

It was only in 2009 when Ursula Burns became the first female African American CEO on the list. There have only ever been 64 women CEOs on the list; the first Fortune 500 list was published in 1955.

An analysis of 2017’s violent crime figures for England and Wales shows that one in five women have experienced sexual assault since the age of 16, however, this is just reported crimes – the #metoo movement showed just how common sexual assault and harassment is.

The majority of girls are cut before they turn 15 years old.

Women are not compensated for this work, and many economies don’t calculate it into the country’s GDP. It also takes time away from women that could be spent growing their careers.