Gender Equality in Wales

This is an in person event.

Audience

This event is open to both members and non members of Business in the Community (BITC) and has been designed for:

• HR/People/Talent management practitioners/managers

• Heads of HR/People/Talent management

It will be of particular interest to those who have signed up to The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality.

Background

The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is the UK’s most highly profiled and well-established listing of employers taking action to create workplaces where everyone, regardless of gender, can thrive.

BITC’s gender campaign exists to accelerate progress towards a truly equal working world and a gender-balanced workforce. While recent years have seen women’s employment in the UK reach record highs, women’s ability to prosper is undermined by persistent levels of unequal pay and power or discrimination and harassment at work.

Some groups face bigger hurdles – black women, for example, experience a larger pay gap than white women – and while the impact of COVID 19 is still being understood, emerging data suggests women have borne the brunt of many of the economic measures. Failing to fully embrace the talents women, over half the population, have to offer is detrimental to individuals and impacts businesses’ ability to thrive.

Research has shown that organisations with more diverse leadership are more profitable. The world bank has estimated that the global economy could grow by $160 trillion if we pay men and women equally and create a more gender-balanced workforce.

About the event

Join us on 2 October to:
• Connect with representatives from companies recognised within the Times Top 50 list.
• Hear best practice across sector and issue areas.
• Share your views on ‘where next’ for this agenda – shaping our new campaign Equal Futures.
• Reflect upon, and share your hard work to date.

Refreshments

Light refreshments will be served.

Speakers

• Charlotte Woodworth, Gender Equality Director, BITC
• Emma Osborn, Passenger Strategy Director, Network Rail

More to be added soon!

Booking, contact details and further information

• Contact jonathan.paget@bitc.org.uk BITC for any further questions.
• Full joining instructions will be sent before the event.

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