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Only 40% of women say their leader is inclusive "all of the time", and just 18% agree their leader matches company rhetoric on gender diversity, new research has found.

The Women Rising report, which is based on a survey of 1,200 women from various industries, experience levels and roles, also found that nearly three in four women (74%) had been talked over or interrupted in a meeting, and well over half (64%) had seen someone else take credit for their ideas or work.

Some 57% said they'd been undermined by a male leader, compared to 37% by a female leader. Negative age-related bias was an even more common complaint, particularly for the youngest, and oldest, respondents: 89% of those in the 65+ years bracket, and 88% in the 18–24 bracket, had experienced this, compared to 62% overall...