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
I offered to remove it if they removed theirs but they declined so they had to put up with it!