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Gender Diversity Awareness Topics

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Hello,



As we now have a good number of males from engineering and technology backgrounds on this group, I thought that it would be a good idea to take advantage of this and create an online diversity awareness discussion forum, on this platform, where men (and women) are made aware of the issues that some women face and perhaps, that some men face in the workplace.



It would also be good to hear about some of the things that employers have implemented to ensure gender diversity is acknowledged and the steps have been taken to achieve this.



I would like to encourage members of this community to come forward with real issues / topics that may have impacted them or others in their daily working environment. From there, discussions can be formed on what happened or, what you might like to see happen to remedy these issues.



This would give both men & women / senior management / decision-makers an opportunity to take on board specific comments as well as gaining further insight and perspective.



Topics should be real and focus on aspects that are relevant and important to you.



Topics could include but are not limited to;





  • Gender bias


  • Unconscious bias


  • Wage disparity


  • balancing family and work


  • Stereotypes


  • Confidence


  • Being heard


  • Self-promotion


If you have a topic that you would like to start off, then please do so by replying to this thread and posting your comments.



It would be really nice to hear from both men and women.



Kind regards,

Jo Foster



Chair, IET Women's Network
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    I agree with Kate, flexible working/Work-Life balance should be just a "Women's Issue".  Anyone should have equal access to changing work hours.  I do think, based on what I've seen across the organisations I've worked for, that typically women have less issues getting changes to work hours to fit in with caring/family commitments.  I don't think that's much of an advantage in general as it's based in an expectation that if there's any caring to be done then a woman will do it.  I have seen a man who requested reduced hours to be able to look after his children asked "Shouldn't your wife be doing that?"  This was in 2007.



    I also agree that it should be results, not how many hours you were seen sat at your desk, that counts.  Unfortunately many managers still see presence and visibility as preferable to ability.  That is a problem for people who need to adjust their working hours and for people who have a preference or need to work non-traditional hours. 
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    I agree with Kate, flexible working/Work-Life balance should be just a "Women's Issue".  Anyone should have equal access to changing work hours.  I do think, based on what I've seen across the organisations I've worked for, that typically women have less issues getting changes to work hours to fit in with caring/family commitments.  I don't think that's much of an advantage in general as it's based in an expectation that if there's any caring to be done then a woman will do it.  I have seen a man who requested reduced hours to be able to look after his children asked "Shouldn't your wife be doing that?"  This was in 2007.



    I also agree that it should be results, not how many hours you were seen sat at your desk, that counts.  Unfortunately many managers still see presence and visibility as preferable to ability.  That is a problem for people who need to adjust their working hours and for people who have a preference or need to work non-traditional hours. 
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