Race report fails to acknowledge structural racism in UK
The UK’s much-awaited report from the Commission on Race & Ethnic Disparities has failed to acknowledge structural racism in the UK.
UK reappoints Lesley Sawers as Scotland’s EHRC Commissioner
Professor Lesley Sawers has been reappointed by Liz Truss, the Minister for Women and Equalities, as Scotland Commissioner of the Equality and...
Iceland ‘most gender-equal’ country in world for 12th year
For the 12th consecutive year, Iceland is once again the most gender-equal country in the world, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender...
WEF: Pandemic pushes back gender parity by a generation
Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021.
31 March 2021: Honouring Transgender Day of Visibility
Today on 31 March, we observe Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV); a day where communities come together to honour and celebrate the...
Tarika Barrett to take over as Girls Who Code CEO reports Reshma Saujani
Girls Who Code Founder & CEO Reshma Saujani has passed the baton to COO Tarika Barrett to lead the non-profit into the...
Latinos represent just 3% of Fortune 1000 Boards
Latinos occupy a meagre 3% of Fortune 1000 board seats, despite comprising 18.5% of the US population, according to research carried out...
PepsiCo announces $40m support for 4,000 Black/Hispanic students
PepsiCo has today announced a new $40 million scholarship and mentoring programme to support Black and Hispanic community college students. The...
P&G helps to level playing field for Black creators in film/TV/ads
The Procter & Gamble (P&G) Company has announced a new talent development and partnership platform to help level the playing field; and...
Pressure to abolish offensive BAME/BME acronyms in UK rises
Many welcomed yesterday's news that the UK Government may abolish the 'offensive' BAME/BME acronyms, used to refer to Black, Asian and/or minority...
Telling Statistics
