Gender equality

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    Progression, pay and policy: the key to tackling gender inequalities in the workplace

    Business in the Community (BITC) works to create a fairer world to live and work in. We believe gender shouldn’t act as an unfair help or hindrance to someone’s chances of professional or wider life success, but sadly this remains the case in workplaces up and down the country.

    By Charlotte Woodworth, Business in the Community on 24 September 2024

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    Health and safety: still a man’s world?

    More women are joining the health and safety industry. But is change happening fast enough?

    By Belinda Liversedge on 06 March 2023

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    Why employers should take action on race equality at work

    In any given workplace, there’s a moment where a person can feel afraid to speak up. That moment of indecision is heightened for an employee who is Black, Asian, Mixed Race or of another ethnically diverse background. This can be challenging for allies too.

    By Sandra Kerr CBE on 12 October 2021

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    ‘We have to fight for a better world’

    Gloria Mills is president of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) women’s committee.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 05 October 2021

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    Where is SHE?

    Almost half (47 per cent) of workers in the UK are female, so why are there comparatively few women working in health and safety? Belinda Liversedge attended Women in Health and Safety’s first panel event to find out.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 03 July 2018