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Why gay workers are being passed over for promotion

Despite enjoying increasing equality and representation in the workplace, gay workers face a glass ceiling much like women.

Fortune

‘Gay glass ceiling’: why more feminine men get passed over for leadership roles

Masculine bias is present among gay and straight men, according to new research, and it’s having an effect on feminine men’s careers

The Guardian - AU

BCCI rakes in Rs 4669.99 crore from sale of Women's Premier League teams

MUMBAI: Women's cricket has touched a new glass ceiling in India. It is the latest goldmine that the Indian cricket Board has discovered. On Wednesday, five companies, with the Adani Group leading the race, which made the highest bid-Rs 1289 crore-for the Ahmedabad franchise, splurged as much as Rs 4669.99…

The Times of India

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Epic Thomas Cup win, CWG high make 2022 a year to remember for Indian badminton

NEW DELHI: An epic Thomas Cup victory broke the glass ceiling while unprecedented success came at the Commonwealth Games as India took giant steps towards becoming a badminton powerhouse in 2022.

The Times of India

World Cup’s glass ceiling cuts off chasing pack from promised land of quarter-finals

Winning a knockout tie in a World Cup, against anyone, anywhere, anyhow can seem fearsomely difficult

The Independent UK

World Cup 2022: either Morocco or Senegal could break the glass ceiling

Sixteen remaining teams are playing in the knock-out phase of the 2022 men’s football Fifa World Cup in Qatar, among them two African teams – Senegal and Morocco. The knock-out phase in Qatar reminds football fans globally of the unmistakable glass ceiling over Africa at football World Cups.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak’s cabinet office has largest gender pay gap of all government departments

‘These findings speak to a wider culture of women being held back and facing a gender glass ceiling in government,’ says Angela Rayner

The Independent UK

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It was hard being a pioneer in the wilds of what would become Kentucky. Try doing it as a mother of ten. We hear about the legacy of Rebecca Boone from novelist Patricia Hudson | A pioneer of glass ceiling breakage is profiled in a new book about former Kentucky…

WEKU

Who is Jessikah Inaba, Britain’s first blind black barrister?

“There’s a triple-glazed glass ceiling. I’m not the most common gender or colour, and I have a disability, but by pushing through I’m easing the burden on the next person like me”

Evening Standard

Fan-owned football club 'reaches glass ceiling' as stadium plans continue to stall

The club hopes to meet with Mayor Joanne Anderson next month to identify a new place for a potential stadium to call its own

Liverpool Echo

Ange Postecoglou quashes Celtic 'glass ceiling' talk as he uses his own career as prime example

The Hoops returned to the Champions League this year and will be looking for a first win against Shakhtar Donetsk tonight. They also have Real Madrid and RB Leipzig in their group section.

Glasgow Live

Ange Postecoglou fires back at Celtic 'glass ceiling' myth as he insists his own career proves there's no such thing

Postecoglou has smashed so many glass ceilings he's convinced they don't actually exist in football.

Daily Record

Ange Postecoglou targets Europa League for Celtic in short term, but says there is no glass ceiling if they stay true to themselves

ANGE POSTECOGLOU says there is no glass ceiling on what his team can achieve in Europe, as the Celtic manager set a short-term target of remaining…

The National (Scotland)

Women hit the political glass ceiling at China’s Communist Party Congress

Sun Chunlan, China’s “Iron Lady” and the only woman in the ruling party’s Politburo, is due to step down from her post at the 20th Communist Party Congress this week. There’s no guarantee that another woman will succeed her, providing yet another example of the systemic under-representation of Chinese women…

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Reuters

Nationalist Meloni set to smash Italy's glass ceiling, become premier

In 2019, Giorgia Meloni made a speech that came to define her: "I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me," she told cheering supporters.

ABC News

First woman underground in Tasmania, Chris Wilson, reflects on breaking the glass ceiling

Chris Wilson had to get special permission from the government to work underground in a Tasmanian mine in 1978. At the time, other mines were being fined $500 if women were found below the surface.

The Times of India

Tamannaah Bhatia: I was a tomboy and I used my masculine side to hustle in my career - Exclusive

Tamannaah Bhatia and Madhur Bhandarkar have joined forces to make 'Babli Bouncer', a quintessential slice-of-life comedy where a woman breaks the proverbial glass ceiling and becomes a bouncer. In conversation with ETimes, the actor-director duo describe all that makes their family entertainer special. Tamannaah speaks of her tom-boy beginnings and…

Leeds Live

Leeds United could be handed 'continual glass ceiling' if Premier League implements new FFP rule

Clubs competing in the Champions League could have £100-150million advantage over the rest of the division

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Remembering Marilyn Loden, who gave a name to the glass ceiling

When Loden first uttered the phrase "the glass ceiling" in the 1970s, she hoped the invisible barrier for women that it described would soon become a thing of the past. She died last month at age 76.

Reuters

Australia's female spy boss says a 'concrete block' stops women's careers

The first woman to head an Australian intelligence agency said on Friday the glass ceiling for women's career advancement was more like a "concrete block", revealing even as a spy chief she had been asked to bring men coffee.

The Hindu

Academia, research and the glass ceiling in India

True gender parity is when institutions consider women as assets rather than it being just a diversity rectification issue

The Guardian - AU

‘A very low glass ceiling’: sexism and harassment rife in Australian music industry, long-awaited report finds

Investigation sees 55% of respondents allege they had been sexually harassed, with women sharing their frustration at being objectified and having to work ‘10 times harder’

Los Angeles Times

Actor-businessman has a plan to grow the Latinx presence in entertainment

LOS ANGELES — Actor John Leguizamo has starred in a variety of movies, including "Romeo + Juliet," "Collateral Damage," and even as the iconic plumber Luigi in "Super Mario Bros." But even he can't break through Hollywood's glass ceiling.

Evening Standard

Glass ceiling still firmly in place in the C-suite

The boys club of exective renumeration rolls on with women left far behind

The Hindu

PM Modi lauds Mithali in tribute to the star batter

“You are a trend-setter, an athlete who has broken many a glass ceiling and a phenomenal source of motivation for others,” Mr. Modi said in his letter

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