Magnificent Midlife

11 Fighting invisibility with Jane Evans


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Meet Jane Evans, the founder of The Uninvisibility Project which is campaigning to end the invisibility that hits women as we get older.

In this fascinating and thought-provoking interview we talk about:

  • How Jane's own experience of becoming invisible in the workplace lead her to set up The Uninvisibility Project
  • What The Uninvisibility Project is all about and the importance of highlighting older women and the great things they are doing
  • How we're losing out on a great skill base because of prejudice against older women
  • How old norms about ageing and women's careers need to change in-line with increases in life expectancy
  • The jobs available for women 50+ often tend to be menial and professional women are having to do these to make ends meet
  • How women's experience is terribly under-valued
  • Older women need to continue the pioneering they began by entering many of the previously exclusively male professions
  • The advantages to getting older and changing perceptions
  • The silver reservoir of talent that is being wasted
  • How the lack of sexual objectification post menopause can change the dynamic in the workplace
  • Building a matriarchal model for new businesses
  • How to cope with feeling invisible
  • Reaching out and talking to other older women
  • How female competition does women no favors
  • Wrinkle creams don't work – better to put your money into your pension
  • Changing anti-ageing to pro-ageing
  • Living longer and how to make the most of that
  • Finding the talented women who left work due to a toxic male work environment

And lots more!

Find out about The Uninvisibility Project and get involved!

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