At first inspection, a group for women working in PR might seem like a redundant notion. After all, a cursory glance around any agency will quickly show that the industry has no issue with attracting and retaining female talent. Indeed, according to a Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) census in 2013, women make up 63 per cent of the PR profession.
The problem is that the same census revealed that despite making up the bulk of the sector, only 13 per cent of women surveyed were board directors or partners compared to 29 per cent of men. In 2015, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ annual ‘State of the Profession’ report found that, on average – even taking
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