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The numbers do not lie and for Black and women of colour in the UK workplace, they paint a picture that demands urgent attention. Four in five (79%) of ethnic minority women reported experiencing workplace issues in the past year, a figure significantly higher than their white counterparts. Nearly half felt behind where they had expected to be in their careers and 58% had discovered that a colleague of a different ethnic background was being paid more for equivalent work.

Picture this. A senior leader, celebrated for her strategic brilliance, quietly steps down. Not because she lost her edge, but because her body changed. Across the globe, millions of women are leaving careers or scaling back ambitions due to unmanaged symptoms of menopause, heavy periods, fibroids and mental health challenges.

In this illuminating exploration, we shed light on the often-underestimated challenges faced by the Asian American and Pacific Islander...