{"id":604,"date":"2016-03-08T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=604"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:57:38","slug":"achieve-equal-confidence-pledgeforparity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/2016\/03\/08\/achieve-equal-confidence-pledgeforparity\/","title":{"rendered":"Our #pledgeforparity is to achieve equal confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All around the world, International Women\u2019s Day represents an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality. Pledge for Parity<\/a> is the theme for the 2016 International Women's Day, encouraging everyone (men and women) to take concrete steps to help achieve gender parity more quickly. Within the careers service we are making\u00a0a pledge to achieve equality in self-confidence<\/em> as we believe lack of self-belief\u00a0is holding women back from achieving their full potential.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Institution of Leadership & Management's research 'Ambition & Gender at Work'<\/a>\u00a0suggests that over 50% of women report feelings of self-doubt about their performance and careers. Time and time again research<\/a> shows that\u00a0\u00a0women are less self-assured than men\u2014and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. \u00a0According to the Huffington Post,\u00a0confidence<\/a> is what allows you to start acting and risking and failing, to stop mumbling and apologising and hesitating. With it you can take on the world; without it you remain stuck on the starting block of your own potential.<\/p>\n

So how can women\u00a0develop confidence?<\/p>\n