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Women all over the world often feel as though they are losing themselves in the day to day ritual of living in the working world. We often believe we need to keep up with the men in our lives whilst equally supporting the family and frankly, it’s almost impossible to keep up a home without two… more...

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I was reading a thread about equality and some of the replies got me thinking about women putting their career first and how this affects me. I work in a team of 9, all women (3 of us are web people, 4 are the ‘communications team’ and the other two are our bosses). I’m the youngest… more...

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