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To highlight the International Women's Day theme, Inclusive Employers are supporting organisations to #InspireInclusion of Black women in sport. Senior Inclusion and Diversity Consultant Zoiey Smale shares her lived experience as a Black girl playing sport in the below blog and highlights what we can all do to shift perceptions and show allyship to Black women to help make sport and physical activity more inclusive for all women and girls. England Netball is committed to ensuring netball is an inclusive sport and improving diversity at all levels, and has undertaken a programme to listen to our membership and learn about the experiences within our sport. Using all the insight gathered, every department is contributing to the development and delivery of our Dedicated 2 Difference Action Plan which will help us drive an anti-racist culture through an equitable approach. We will continue to educate ourselves and our Netball Family about the impact of direct and indirect racism and how we can all be more proactive to increase the sense of inclusion and belonging and continue to strive for race equality. Our action plan will also help us to remove barriers to access our sport and actively celebrate diversity. #IWD2024 #Inclusion #Sport #PhysicalActivity

International women's day is coming up, and it's a great opportunity to discuss and focus on inclusivity and diversity in both the game industry and its games. I'm attending the Women in Games Careers, Development and Networking Expo today, as well as Game Habitats GEM afterwork in Malmö tomorrow. If anyone else is going and wants to meet up, feel free to reach out! Inclusivity, equality and representation is something everyone should be invested in – half of the world's population are women, and half of all our game's players are women. The more inclusive, the more engagement, and the more payoff, right? Let's make some change :)

Starting a small business is challenging – especially for diverse owners who often face challenges in accessing capital and opportunities for growth. Through our Supplier Diversity Program, Independence Blue Cross supports these resilient business owners. It’s good for our business and benefits the regional economy. Together with our affiliates in 2023, we spent over $315 million with diverse suppliers and invested approximately $900 million in corporate assets with diverse asset managers. Learn more about the positive impact of supplier diversity programs in this video and blog by #IBX Supplier Diversity Director Chuck Stefanosky. #SupplierDiversity #EconomicEquity

A game jam AND a masterclass. Check the links below and go for it!

A game jam AND a masterclass. Check the links below and go for it!

🚀💡 Happy International Women's Day, everyone! As Black Girls in Design, we have an important message to share. Whilst sharing beautiful messages and posters is inspiring and a great way to observe this day, it's high time we move beyond mere symbolism to action! We firmly believe that to support female creatives, it's essential to invest in their growth, provide equal opportunities, and amplify their voices. We exist in an industry that's long been dominated by male creatives, and we need to work together to address the imbalance. By embracing diversity and inclusion today, we can create a more inclusive and diverse industry tomorrow that reflects society as a whole. We want to see a world where there are equal opportunities for all, without any bias based on gender, race, or ethnicity. We need to pave the way for a more inclusive industry, where women and Black people are well represented. Black Girls in Design is committed to using our platform to uplift deserving female voices in the creative industry. We hope that you can all join us in this movement towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world. 💪💕 #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInCreatives #DiversityAndInclusion #ActionSpeaksLouderThanWords #TogetherWeCanMakeADifference

Did you know❓ 👩🏾💼 Over 𝟑.𝟔𝐦 women work in sports in the UK, EU, and USA alone. 🔎 Unfortunately, they are facing the reality of a sports industry inherently not transparent. 🚧 Women struggle to benchmark and value their work and roles and traditional sports recruitment platforms do not recognise the issue and segment by gender. ⚒ Valeur is the platform, built by women for women working within the sports industry, to safely check what the market rate is and access additional services to help them succeed. Learn more ➡ valeursport.com

Black women continue to break barriers and drive meaningful change in the tech industry. As a Black woman in HR specializing in tech hiring, I've seen firsthand the transformative power of diversity and inclusion. We bring unique perspectives and insights to the table, which are crucial for technological advancements. One notable example of a Black tech innovator is Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital. Despite facing significant barriers in accessing traditional funding, Arlan has disrupted the venture capital landscape by focusing on supporting underestimated entrepreneurs, including women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Let's celebrate the accomplishments of Black tech innovators like Arlan this #BlackHistoryMonth. Their contributions to #DiversityInTech and #WomenInTech are a testament to the power of #BlackExcellence.

Ooooooo, I have SO MANY thoughts about this research, findings, etc. /hopping on my soapbox for a quick sec This work is considered novel because it's a publication associated with a perceived prestigious academic institution. And I get it -- studying the intersection of race and gender disparities is trendy for the well-funded, well-recognized and privileged organizations right now. But please, please, please find the research from the scholars of the racial and gendered demographic who are most impacted by the disparities you "uncover". We've most likely already published relevant findings that you could cite showing how you're contributing to normalizing a narrative of promoting the stellar work of Black women scholars, rather than overlooking it. This is one clear and actionable way that Black women's career advancement in every industry is stifled in the workplace. We don't receive the public and documented credit for the innovation we've provided. I wish y'all would collaborate with us and share the credit rather than only consider us study participants and research about us. DataedX Group did important and innovative work in this area wrt the data industry, mainly from the higher education/classroom POV. Here are my omarosa-style receipts: 🗒 Read Thema Monroe-White, PhD and my paper "Waking up to Marginalization: Public Value Failures in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science" from 2021: https://lnkd.in/ejYzePqS [open access] 🗒 Read our paper "Social Exclusion in Data Science: A Critical Exploration of Disparate Representation in Higher Education" from 2022: https://lnkd.in/ebmSUmQr [open access] 🗒 Check out our Data Visualization Map of Institutional Parity Scores, released in early 2022: https://lnkd.in/eDF-nDrm. This interactive map shows parity scores at hundreds of schools across the United States. Click on a state to see the schools we've identified with data programs and their corresponding scores. You can explore by institution type as well as race and gender. /hopping off my soapbox #DataEducation #Research #Scholarship

“Just bringing new and different people into a firm without changing the workplace itself might not be the most sustainable strategy.” “Yes, people might be coming through the door that look different but if they’re leaving at higher rates and not getting promoted at higher rates, you’re essentially not solving the fundamental problem within the workplace.” #workplaceculturematters #diversity #blackwomeninbusiness