New categories & going global for 2022 In 2022 we will be celebrating 30 years of recognising female talent, determination, compassion and trailblazing.  We will also be going global by opening up the Here come the [...]

Completing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale MBE DL, EdD, MBA, BA (Hons), FRSA. Denise is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Jade Kilduff. Jade is an extraordinary young woman with a huge heart.  When Jade was 17, she started a [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Lucy Danger.  Lucy Danger has skilfully driven the EMERGE Group from its inception in 1996, as a voluntary pressure [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Karen Campbell-Williams. The art of balancing is the secret of Karen's success Karen was born and brought up in [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Detective Chief Inspector Allison Woods. Allison has been breaking down barriers and smashing glass ceilings since she first joined [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Emma Buckley. Albert Einstein once said, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Claire-Marie Boggiano. One of Claire-Marie’s many mantras is ‘there’s more than one way to skin a cat!’ which gives [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Grace Vella. Some might say Grace Vella has chosen a career field ripe with sexism and homophobia. Born into [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Maggie Oliver. Maggie Oliver is perhaps best known as the “Detective turned Whistleblower” who resigned from Greater Manchester Police [...]

Continuing our series of pen portraits of our 2020/2021 finalists, this week we introduce you to: Sarwat Jaleel. It was an extended hospital stay and a small bar of soap that was the catalyst for [...]

Over March & April 2021 we will be publishing pen portraits of the Finalists attending the Inspiring Women Awards Lunch on 14th May 2021. Marie McCourt. It’s been 33 years since Marie McCourt’s life [...]