Sir Philip Hampton, co-author of the UK government's Hampton-Alexander Review, which is looking at ways of increasing women’s representation on FTSE 350 boards, said, when asked about the pay gap at the BBC by London’s Evening Standard newspaper, “I suspect they let it happen because they weren't doing much about it.”

An estimated 4.8 million Indian adults are actively planning and preparing to move to another country within the next 12 months, with the US and the UK among the most favored destination countries for prospective migrants.

Doctors in Japan have suggested raising the definition of senior citizen to those aged 75 and older to help the country keep pace with its rapidly aging population.

As summer holidays are beginning for school children across Europe and the US, many working parents are facing the challenge of arranging affordable childcare for the coming weeks.

The leader of the UK’s opposition Labour Party, speaking at the PinkNews Summer Parliamentary reception this week, called for an overhaul of the Gender Recognition Act to allow trans people to self-identify their gender.

An unprecedented list published by the BBC this week has revealed that only a third of its top earners are women, with all seven of the highest salaries going to men.

The Romanian government’s quest to boost public sector salaries could spell trouble for the country further down the line.