Girls told to aim high by Britain’s career women at event hosted by Miriam Clegg

 
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Sian Boyle18 October 2013

A group of the country’s most distinguished women have launched a campaign to encourage girls to aim high in their careers.

BBC News presenter Fiona Bruce, Mumsnet co-founder Carrie Longton and easyJet CEO Carolyn McCall were among speakers who met 100 state-educated girls at a “career speed-networking” event last night.

The evening was held to launch the Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women campaign which aims to see 15,000 women from a range of occupations visit 250,000 young women in state education to talk about the range of jobs and entry routes available.

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Miriam González Durántez, partner at Dechert LLP and wife of Nick Clegg, hosted the event and praised the “legions of female role models” in everyday life. Ms González Durántez, 45, added: “Every woman can be a role model for the new generations, no matter the path they have chosen in their lives.

“Through taking women into state schools to talk face-to-face with girls around the country this campaign will help to remove the stereotypes and absurd labels that still surround women. Young girls deserve to feel free to aim high”.

Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Woman was set up after research revealed that girls respond best to other women and that 75 per cent of women still work in stereotypically female sectors such as cleaning, catering, caring, cashiering and clerical work. The campaign is run by the Education and Employers Taskforce charity with support from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

For more information visit inspiringthefuture.org

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