Whether it’s female entrepreneurs seeking funding for businesses, or female employees wanting pay rises, women tend to ask for less than they should, or not ask at all. All too easily, we can become complicit in a system that already underplays our value.

Either you work full time, with all the joys of long hours, overtime and commuting that come with it, or you become a stay-at-home mum. There is no in-between. Or is there?

“Women need to learn their own value which may be higher than a male colleague’s, and learn how to negotiate accordingly. We’re not asking for special treatment.”