Why we need to ditch outdated attitudes towards women in workplace - the YEP says

Although strides have been made to get more women into boardrooms there is still a stark warning.

Women working full-time in Leeds earn only 80 per cent of their male counterparts - and this figure has not changed since 2002.

A leading academic has warned that old fashioned attitudes towards women need to be ditched in the workplace.

Often there is a narrative around women being primary carers and perhaps then, in turn, overlooked for promotions.

Organisations need to move on from this.

Today women do not want to raise a family and see their career plateau.

Instead we are surrounded by incredibly ambitious women in our city who care about their careers and aspire for greatness.

After all Leeds has become the country’s first Women-Friendly City.

So let’s start in the workplace and put those outdated attitudes in the bin where they belong.