The goal of the gender equality workstream is to promote cultural and behavioural initiatives that help create an environment in which everyone is valued and can thrive.
We aim to achieve this by supporting both individuals and organisations.
Our objectives for 2024 are:
1/ Successful 2024 Pathway Programme and Alumnae Programme
2/ Continue to run Safe Space’ and work on “Change from Within” initiatives to ensure gender related aspects are covered
3/ Ensure that gender related aspects are covered in the Allyship, Data and Rewards of Cognitive Diversity project wide work
4/ Raise awareness within the industry on the importance of hiring returners and ensure that firms and their HR systems don’t penalise people who have career breaks or lack consistency in their track record. Continue promoting returners as furthering the DEI agenda across all types of diversity: hiring career returners should ultimately become business as usual
5/ Create a network or provide a platform where people in the industry who have taken career breaks, are able to connect; whilst we signpost and ensure they have access to roles in the industry
6/ Encourage take-up of enhanced paternity leave, as well as raise awareness of the growing number of employees with caring responsibilities
7/ Successful launch of the Parenting Horizons Speaker Series: Navigating support and understanding across the spectrum of parenthood
8/ Demystify menopause and raise awareness of symptoms by providing education and resources
9/ Continue collaboration with private medical insurers to encourage menopause care provision being included as standard
10/ Analyse the Gender Pay Gap (GPG) data and provide suggested targeted interventions to decrease in member firms. Also increase the member firm sign up to the Menopause Pledge (50%)
11/ Together with our SMART Working workstream, collect and distribute data related to member firms return to the office policies
12/ Run a large scale in-person International Women’s Day event in 2024
To see our full Gender Equality aims and objectives, please click here
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