More young women will be encouraged to embark on a career at sea thanks to new funding announced on International Women’s Day (8 March 2019) by Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani. Educational charity, the 1851 Trust, has been given £100,000 by the Departm… read more
9 women with pioneering inventions have been awarded £50,000 each to develop and grow their business, as part of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation competition winners represent the next generation of world-leading female innovators these women are ta… read more
Ministers across the Department for Transport (DfT) have written to industry leaders calling on them to take action to increase the availability of opportunities across the sector to women. This action is the culmination of weeks of activity in which … read more
Affording diplomatic protection in Nazanin’s case represents formal recognition by the British Government that her treatment fails to meet Iran’s obligations under International law and elevates it to a formal State to State issue. The legal proceedin… read more
The Foreign Secretary has today (7 March) decided that the UK will exercise diplomatic protection in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as part of the Government’s continuing efforts to secure her release. read more