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Have you faced any negative
attitude in your role, as a woman?
No, I haven’t. There’s been more
scrutiny of my age rather than my gender,
as it can appear you are less experienced,
but I have overcome that successfully and
now after 14 years within the fenestration
industry it is less of an issue!
Do you think there should be
more women in fenestration?
I believe we should be encouraging all
diversity, whether that be gender, ability,
sexuality, age or ethnicity.
Have you noticed a difference
in the representation and
treatment towards women
throughout your career?
I have seen some women that have
struggled to re-enter their positions after
embarking on maternity leave, however
thankfully less so in the past few years.
With flexible working and employers
acknowledging the struggle and discussing
it more openly, it is certainly improving.
Women’s equality and the gender-pay gap
being debated more prominently has also
helped close the differences considerably.
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