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15 September 2026

15 September

Elle Lorenzoni

Women, Work and Enterprise

Elle Lorenzoni is an entrepreneur whose work spans media, law, and communications. She holds a BA in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and an LL.M. from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Her early career began at the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles, where she worked as a television literary assistant before going on to develop her own ventures, including Planning Pretty Picnics and The Spoken World. As Women, Work and Enterprise Correspondent for The European, she writes on female entrepreneurship, workplace culture, and leadership, with a focus on how power operates in professional environments and how it shapes women’s opportunities, decisions, and outcomes.

Women cannot afford to take feminism’s gains for granted

Elle Lorenzoni argues that women must recognise how hard-won feminist freedoms can be weakened, reversed or lost without continued political...

Minority women are more visible in the creative industries but still underrepresented in ownership

Elle Lorenzoni explores why minority women gain visibility in creative industries while ownership and leadership remain limited.

Suits you, sir. If appearance still counts, why is credible workwear disappearing for women?

Elle Lorenzoni argues that shrinking access to affordable professional clothing is creating new barriers for women at work.

What do corporations owe the people who trust them?

Examining how corporate DEI rollbacks expose tensions between moral authority, accountability, and profit-driven decision-making.

Was inclusion ever more than branding?

Corporations are retreating from DEI commitments, raising questions about accountability, trust and the promises made to women workers.

Visibility is not power: What the film industry still withholds from women

Women gain visibility in film, but ownership and financial control remain concentrated among studios and platforms.