[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Elisha Vermani It’s that time of the year again when advertising folks are under immense pressure to come up with an original campaign for Pride Month that preferably goes beyond rainbows and sparkles. But why the month of June specifically? Pride Month honours years of struggle for equal rights and the unending… Continue reading Quick ‘Dos and Don’ts’ Guide To Help Your Company Do More For The LGBTQ+ Community
Tag: diversity and inclusion
15 Ways To Make The Workplace Inclusive For LGBTQIA+ Employees
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ritushree The LGBTQIA+ community is one of the most stigmatized communities in India. The patriarchal society is yet to accept members of the community. People belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community are often at the receiving end of discrimination and harassment. Rejections, slurs and taunts are a part of our daily lives. When… Continue reading 15 Ways To Make The Workplace Inclusive For LGBTQIA+ Employees
Inclusion During Covid-19: High Time Indian Companies Make Paternity Leaves A Reality
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Diya Maria Abraham India, now in the throes of the second wave of the deadly coronavirus has extended the long spell of work-from-home (WFH) for those in the formal workforce. Most people are experiencing fatigue, especially women who work full-time and have children and additional caregiving responsibilities. Before the pandemic, the domestic… Continue reading Inclusion During Covid-19: High Time Indian Companies Make Paternity Leaves A Reality
On Diversity and Inclusion Training : Companies Must Revisit Their Hiring Policies For Persons With Disabilities
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Elisha Vermani Riddle me this: If a person with spinal injury, who uses a wheelchair, can’t enter an office building because it doesn’t have a ramp, then are they kept from working because of their injury or by inaccessibility of the office building? If the building had a ramp they would be… Continue reading On Diversity and Inclusion Training : Companies Must Revisit Their Hiring Policies For Persons With Disabilities
‘Invisible Women’ Tells Us How Gender Safety Audits are the Need for Many Workplaces
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Naina Bhargava In April, the World Economic Forum released the The Global Gender Gap Report 2021, in which India was ranked at a dismal 140 out of 156 countries. We’re down 28 positions on the Index in 2020. This year’s report tells us that it’s going to take South Asia, wait for… Continue reading ‘Invisible Women’ Tells Us How Gender Safety Audits are the Need for Many Workplaces
Awareness of Gender Equality | ‘Women Needed At Every Level Of Party Leadership’: Senior Politician Lathika Subhash
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Diya Maria Abraham Kerala, a state that has been projected as a safe haven for women, boasts of a high female literacy rate, life expectancy and a sex ratio of 1084 females to 1000 males, in contrast also shows a glaring inadequacy in the representation of women in both the legislative assembly… Continue reading Awareness of Gender Equality | ‘Women Needed At Every Level Of Party Leadership’: Senior Politician Lathika Subhash
Glass Ceilings: Career Obstacles For Women Or Lack of Inclusive Policies?
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ammara Qaisar “How Jane Fraser Broke Banking’s Highest Glass Ceiling” That’s the headline of a Fortune article published in late 2020 that was talking of Jane Fraser’s appointment as the new CEO of Citigroup. Ms Fraser became the first woman in history to lead a major Wall Street bank and Fortune wanted… Continue reading Glass Ceilings: Career Obstacles For Women Or Lack of Inclusive Policies?
#UngenderForms: 100 Companies Need To Choose Inclusion For Their Forms, Leave M/F Behind
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ritushree and Team Ungender Like many others, the Covid-19 pandemic kept me from doing something I love: travelling. Before the pandemic hit, I would travel at least once a month. Let me tell you why I love travelling. After several therapy sessions, I came to terms with my gender dysphoria. I travelled… Continue reading #UngenderForms: 100 Companies Need To Choose Inclusion For Their Forms, Leave M/F Behind
‘True D&I Is About Building Safer Workplaces’: Ritushree, D&I Lead at Ungender
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ritushree In India, we do not talk openly about issues like sexuality, gender or even sexual health and education. Anything that doesn’t fit society’s mould of ‘normal’ becomes taboo and you can’t talk about it. When it comes to transgender persons, people don’t talk about us, or when they do, their biases… Continue reading ‘True D&I Is About Building Safer Workplaces’: Ritushree, D&I Lead at Ungender
4 Reasons Why Diversity Initiatives At Your Company Aren’t Making A Difference
[responsivevoice_button] Written by: Ammara Qaisar Since the late 1980s, the issues that came with having a homogenous workforce led many companies to adopt programs that would make their workforce more diverse, and therefore, more innovative and creative. Two decades and several research studies later, it is now widely known that diversity affects the general productivity… Continue reading 4 Reasons Why Diversity Initiatives At Your Company Aren’t Making A Difference
