From Terrified to Troublesome

Mary Ann Sieghart called it the authority gap - the extra work women have to do to be taken as seriously as men of equivalent standing.

If you work in sustainability, climate or impact, you've almost certainly felt it. In meetings where your idea lands only after a man repeats it. In performance reviews where drive reads as aggression. In comment threads that turn hostile the moment you share an opinion.

But the authority gap isn't a single, fixed experience. It shifts - sometimes sharpens, sometimes changes shape entirely - depending on where you are in your career. And right now, with the organised pushback of the manosphere and a cultural climate that seems determined to wind the clock back, every generation of women in our sector is navigating something distinct.

Terrified at the start. Tragic in the middle. Troublesome at the top. Sound familiar? Good. You're exactly who this conversation is for.

This is an honest, solutions-focused session designed to bridge those experiences. Not a panel talking at you. Not a performance of resilience. A real conversation, across career stages, about what this moment actually asks of us - and what we can do about it together.

Join us for a facilitated discussion across career stages - honest, structured for insight, not just catharsis. We don't leave without practical takeaways - strategies, scripts and solidarity you can actually use.

This session is for women, those who identify as women and non-binary, whose work in some way are tackling the SDGs. 

Your ticket includes light nibbles of focaccia, dips and crudites and our bar will be open serving drinks.

About the host: Rhian Sherrington

Rhian is the founder and head coach of the Women in Sustainability Network (WINS). She specialises in supporting women leading sustainability, climate and systems change. Her approach draws on regenerative leadership principles, systems thinking and nature-based learning, combining rigour with reflection and embodied practice.

About the Women in Sustainability Network

Women In Sustainability Network brings together women working across sustainability, climate, social impact and purpose-driven business to connect, learn and support one another. Our in-person events are known for their honesty, warmth and ability to get to the conversations that actually matter. This is one of those events, in collaboration with Treo House. 

Questions? Get in touch at contact@womeninsustainability.network