Black women serving within the UK’s uniformed services are speaking with honesty, courage and urgency. The 100 Voices Survey Report from Women in the Shade shines a light on the lived realities behind the badge — exposing the cultural and structural barriers that continue to affect wellbeing, progression and trust across policing, fire, ambulance and military services.
We need to talk about the truth behind being overqualified and underpaid.
As we step into a new financial year, the same uncomfortable question keeps resurfacing: Who really benefits from our labour—and at what cost?
From pay gaps to invisible work, from limited representation to the constant pressure to prove ourselves, the economics of being Black is lived every day.
This month’s Editor’s Letter breaks it down with honesty, evidence, and urgency.
Read on, because naming the truth is the first step to changing it.
In her latest piece as Behavioural Finance Editor for Black Wall St. Media, Krystle McGilvery explores how professionals can begin to recognise these hidden costs and, more importantly, how to push back against them. Her article outlines practical strategies to build leverage, extract real value from workplace opportunities, and develop the kind of exit power that ensures you are never trapped in a role that diminishes your worth.
