Rowena Lewis

Rowena Lewis

Rowena leaves her position as head of fundraising and development for the Fawcett Society at the end of August 2010 to concentrate on her Clore Fellowship. She joined Fawcett in 2007 from Toynbee Hall where she held the position of grants manager. Rowena kick started her career in 2001 with two years in street fundraising. Appointed as a 2010 Clore Social Fellow, Rowena is indulging her interest in women’s experiences of working in the sector.

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Have you got  'the CEO look'?

A recruitment consultant told delegates at Acevo's Future Leaders Summit they had to 'look' like a chief executive to get the top job. Rowena Lewis questions why

Must we get our kit off to get noticed?

Rowena Lewis is shocked by the Autism Trust's new poster campaign showing its founder 'getting 'em out' for the boys.

Where are the sector's female leaders?

Civil society organisations should be a shining example for workplace equality. Where are all the women at the top of our profession, asks Rowena Lewis

Where did all the women go?

So we learn that the typical director of fundraising in the top 100 charities by income is a 45-year-old man. But 47 per cent of fundraising directors in the top 100 are women. That doesn't mean, however,...

The UK workforce places undue emphasis on 'presenteeism' rather than 'results', so we continue to harbour discriminatory workplaces where women are undermined for their role in family life.

» Where did all the women go?

Invisible women in fundraising

The fact that 47 per cent of women at the top fundraising jobs of charities when women fill almost two-thirds of all charity jobs is shocking.

Pidgeon apologises publicly for 'throwaway comment'

Stephen Pidgeon sought to defuse the row between the Institute of Fundraising and the face-to-face community over a comment he made on a YouTube video promoting an Institute direct marketing event, by issuing...

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