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Related: About this forumEntrepreneur 'humiliated' after London Tech Week turns her and baby away
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/11/entrepreneur-humiliated-london-tech-week-turns-baby-awayEntrepreneur humiliated after London Tech Week turns her and baby away
Davina Schonle prevented from entering event with eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings for tech startup
Ben Quinn
Wed 11 Jun 2025 04.48 EDT
An entrepreneur has told how she was left feeling humiliated after being turned away from London Tech Week, an annual corporate event, because she was with her baby daughter.
Davina Schonle was prevented from entering the event on Monday after travelling for three hours with her eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings with potential suppliers to her tech startup.
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Entrepreneur 'humiliated' after London Tech Week turns her and baby away (Original Post)
cbabe
Jun 2025
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justaprogressive
(6,611 posts)1. OFFS!
What century is this?
niyad
(130,514 posts)2. The 13th.
niyad
(130,514 posts)3. "oh, we are just not set up for.. . .gasp. . .children. We cannot risk it." JFC
tin-eared, tone-deaf sexist assholes.
