Gender equality | Theresa May on working with men

Earlier this week, the Prime Minister (now former Prime Minister) Theresa May officially relinquished her leadership of the Conservative Party and, therefore, her position as Prime Minister of the UK.

After taking the leadership position from David Cameron in 2016, May became the second woman to ever take the top position as Prime Minister after fellow Conservative Margaret Thatcher in 1979 – a position she held for 11 years.

May, who has been an outspoken supporter of women’s rights in her time as a leader, used some of her last moments in the House of Commons Prime Minister’s Question Time to address the issues that women face within the workplace.

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She was asked by the recently appointed Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson "what advice she has for women across the country, on how to deal with those men who think they could do a better job, but are not prepared to do the actual work?”