The new dolls are part of Barbie’s Dream Gap Project, which was launched to combat the fact that girls as young as five can start to limit self-belief and doubt their full potential. This initiative aims to level the playing field for girls globally and highlight role models across a number of industries.

The UK-based organisation,Feminist Internet, is offering one solution to AI bias with a new feminist chatbot, F’xa. The bot teaches people about AI bias and suggests ways it can be reduced. It was created by a team with different races, genders, gender identities and ways of thinking, as a way to ensure all perspectives were being considered.

“Entering a male dominated world can be daunting but for me it’s been very positive. The guys I work with are really supportive and make me feel part of the team. I think my presence has had a positive impact on the men I work with too.”

Under the legislation, firms that employ more than 25 people are obliged to obtain a government certificate demonstrating pay equality, or they will face fines. The law was announced on March 8 on International Women's Day 2017 as part of a drive by the nation to eradicate the gender pay gap by 2022.

The London Assembly has written to the charity’s chief executive Kate Mavor stating the rules are “hindering any real progress” in celebrating notable women. Under English Heritage rules the person must be dead for more than 20 years and plaques have to be placed on the actual building they inhabited — not the site.

“The job of an artist is to tell the truth about life. The truth is men are sensitive – all men – even the most macho men are sometimes the most sensitive ones. I think that’s the truth about men, and it’s the truth about women too. They’re both very strong and very sensitive. That’s what human beings are. I’m really glad boys will have that role model and I’m happy girls will have this character of Vanellope.”

This week marks 100 years since the first woman was elected to parliament. On November 21 1918, the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act was passed which enabled women over the age of 21 to become MPs. Suffragette and nationalist Constance Markievicz was a trailblazing figure as she became the only woman to successfully stand as an MP that year. The Sinn Fein candidate however, refused to take her seat over Irish independence.

A recent poll reveals in the run-up to Christmas how attitudes are changing towards traditional presents for boys and girls. More than a quarter of parents will not give their children gender-specific toys this Christmas. Only one third of parents thought make-up, dressing-up sets and dolls should be given only to girls, while one fifth said toy diggers, trains, cars and guns were appropriate solely for boys.

“The Household Cavalry is an all-male regiment but women have been in the band since the mid-Nineties. For everyone else it seems a marvel — but for us we are just doing our job to the best of our ability. I’m sure it matches the men.”

Eleven students have been suspended from a leading UK university after rape jokes and racial slurs made in a group chat emerged. The University of Warwick has suspended the students, who are all male, pending a disciplinary investigation. Screenshots obtained by student newspapers the Tab and the Boar showed one chat member wrote: "Sometimes it's fun to just go wild and rape 100 girls."