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Girls should be taught at school how to ask for pay rise, says female CEO

Females ‘lack confidence’ to demand wage parity, says one of UK’s best-paid charity bosses
Wheeler-dealers of the future. Photograph: Avril O’Reilly/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock Photo

Girls should be equipped at school with the skills to ask for a pay rise in the workplace and accept nothing less than salary equality, according to one of the UK’s highest paid charity bosses.

Cheryl Giovannoni, who is for her role as the chief executive of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), told a conference of headteachers that girls and young women

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