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Episode 1 - Breaking Barriers: Promoting Gender Equality in the Workplace
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In the premiere episode of the SDG In Action Podcast Series hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Canada, join our host, Megan Grace Halferty (she/her), Sustainability Coordinator, at the UN Global Compact Network Canada, as she engages in a stimulating discussion on Goal 5: Promoting Gender Equality with Brittany Gataveckas (she/her), Social Sustainability Manager of the UN Global Compact Network Canada.
Together, they delve into the rationale behind integrating gender equity into organizations, highlighting the imperative of diverse gender representation, including trans and non-binary individuals. Uncover invaluable insights on enhancing corporate culture and discover actionable steps that businesses and individuals alike can undertake to foster gender diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
This Podcast series is sponsored by Element Fleet Management, the global leader in fleet solutions. Their holistic approach spans from vehicle procurement to fleet electrification. Committed to paving the way for a greener tomorrow, they've been instrumental in cutting down fleet emissions, bolstering diverse supplier programmes, and heightening fleet safety.
Additional resources:
- SDG 5: Promoting Gender Equality
- 13 ways that businesses can foster more gender-inclusive company cultures - Forbes, 2020
- Research study: Trans, non-binary, gender fluid and non-conforming gender identities in the workforce - Harvard Business Review, 2020
- Women and Gender Equality Canada: Accelerating Systemic Change: The Case For Gender Equality Leadership For Sustainable Recovery
- 50 - 30 Challenge project: The Future is Equal: Enabling Ecosystems of Support in Canada
- Accenture’s Diversity Index
- “Equality Champions''
- EI in Canada - Maternity Benefits and Parental Benefits
- women still take almost twice as much parental leave as men - Stats Canada, 2021
- Canada Census Data - 2022
- report on Diversity Disclosure Practices - Osler, 2022
- Women in STEM - Randstad Employment Agency
- Trans Day of Visibility in 2021 - Simon Fraser University
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