[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Aahil Sheikh With Covid-19 forcing companies to move their operations online, there has been a celebration of the ‘Work From Home’ culture. Avoiding long commutes and maintaining a healthy work-life balance have been cited as just a few reasons why WFH may be the future of work. But there are downsides to… Continue reading The Interaction Between Diversity and Inclusion Mandates and WFH
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Addressing Biases at the Workplace: A Conversation with Industry Experts
[responsivevoice_button] Ungender organised a conversation around addressing biases in workplaces. The speakers in the panel included, Tina Vinod (Global Head, DE&I, ThoughtWorks), Richa Singh (AVP HR – Diversity and Inclusion, Max Life Insurance), Lakshmi Sreenivasan (Psychotherapist) and Ritushree Panigrahi (Lead, Project 100, Ungender). The panel discussed what biases are, how biases affect diversity and inclusion… Continue reading Addressing Biases at the Workplace: A Conversation with Industry Experts
Diversity and Inclusion Alphabet for Better Workplace Culture
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Anuska Roy The aversion towards building a safe and inclusive workplace for employees in a workplace stems largely from a lack of knowledge. Corporate structures are unable to understand how diversity and inclusion mandates should be approached. This leads to them wholly ignoring the issue at hand. Language plays an important role… Continue reading Diversity and Inclusion Alphabet for Better Workplace Culture
Learn the Gender and Sexuality Alphabet with Ungender
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Anuska Roy Gender and sexuality interact largely with language. Usage of correct pronouns, gender sensitive language as well as communicative responses that traverse beyond the binary are integral aspects of gender sensitization within workplaces. Awareness about the queer community as well as how different segments interact within them, is encapsulated within language… Continue reading Learn the Gender and Sexuality Alphabet with Ungender
What Workplaces Need to Understand About Pride Month
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ritushree June is here, and the Rainbow flags are out. The world has started the celebration of Pride month. The time of the year when the LGBTQIA+ community celebrates who they are and the cisgender heterosexual allies celebrate their friends and family. But, amid all the showbiz and promotional events, sometimes the… Continue reading What Workplaces Need to Understand About Pride Month
Inclusion Audits Can Help Make Workplaces Safer for Non-Binary Employees
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Anuska Roy Workplaces in India find themselves placed in a limbo of ignorance and apathy when it comes to making workspaces safer for non-binary employees. Non-binary folks have trouble feeling comfortable in their own workplaces. This complication arises due to multiple reasons. Moreover, workplace policies are incapable of taking into account gendered… Continue reading Inclusion Audits Can Help Make Workplaces Safer for Non-Binary Employees
Allyship for Queer Employees in Remote Workplaces
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Anuska Roy The Coronavirus outbreak situated workplaces worldwide in an unprecedented state of remote working without physical interactions. Workplaces were transformed into Zoom meeting rooms and conferences and communications became dependant on online hosting platforms. For many workplaces, this switch to an online mode of communication and transference of information led to… Continue reading Allyship for Queer Employees in Remote Workplaces
On The ‘Old Boys’ Club’ And Gender Sensitization for Peer Groups
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Aahil Sheikh Workplaces are as social a space as they are professional, and past gender sensitization of people often paves way for age-old stereotypes to dictate office norms and rules. You’ve probably heard of the ‘Old Boys’ Club’ in your office workspace, and depending on your gender, been either a part of… Continue reading On The ‘Old Boys’ Club’ And Gender Sensitization for Peer Groups
Inclusion Policies to learn from Kate Manne’s ‘Entitled’
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Priyanka Chakrabarty Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne analyses the socio-cultural phenomenon of male entitlement. Manne has been dubbed as the ‘philosopher of MeToo Movement’. Her works primarily focus on two main aspects- (i) ways misogynistic systems are created which keep women ‘in their place’ and (ii) excessive sympathy… Continue reading Inclusion Policies to learn from Kate Manne’s ‘Entitled’
Before You Talk Of Inclusion at Work, Fix Your Bias Against Persons With Disabilities
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ammara Qaisar Today, about 15% of the world’s population lives with some form of disability. Yet, we continue to live in a world that looks at disability as an anomaly, something rare or atypical that is best operating at the margins of our imagination. This can also be seen in abundance in… Continue reading Before You Talk Of Inclusion at Work, Fix Your Bias Against Persons With Disabilities
