50 years of progress (and why the work isn’t done yet)

Today is a landmark day! It marks 50 years since the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 was passed as law in the UK - a milestone worth celebrating, reflecting how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go.

It’s shocking to remember that before the Act, women in the UK could be refused the right to open a bank account without a male co-signatory or guarantor, effectively requiring “a man to accompany” them in financial life. It sounds almost unbelievable today, but it really wasn’t that long ago.