Focus on Antisemitism: Prejudice, Perception and the Purpose for Change December 19, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Focus on Antisemitism: Prejudice, Perception and the Purpose for Change In our first episode of Series 16, we begin with a special extended episode focusing on antisemitism, the ‘oldest form of hatred in the world’. Host Julia Streets is joined by Gideon Falter, Chief Executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism and national newspaper [...]
Transitioning: Policies, practice and parenting December 19, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Transitioning: Policies, practice and parenting In this episode we discuss transitioning two very different perspectives. Host Julia Streets is joined by Josephine Hughes, a BACP Accredited Counsellor, business mentor and parent of transgender children and Liam Paschall, a transgender man committed to promoting understanding, inclusion, and allyship. They share their personal stories [...]
Tech in Ghana: Increasing talent through education and consumer need December 19, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Tech in Ghana: Increasing talent through education and consumer need As we continue our international conversations, in this episode we look to Ghana. Host Julia Streets is joined by Darryl Koku Mawutor Abraham, the Growth Director in Africa of Taptap Send and Kingsley Abrokwah, Chief Enabler and Chief Executive Officer of Kudigo. [...]
The Notebook: Nora Bavey on how lack of diversity stymies innovation October 30, 2023 Where top thinkers get a few things off their chest. Today, Nora Bavey, co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, takes the pen Diversity reports are vital in rooting out our unconscious biases This month, a pioneering bill in California marked a significant milestone in the venture capital industry in the US, mandating that venture capital (VC) firms [...]
Slow progress on sexism in the City as women still ‘battling’ to the top, MPs told October 17, 2023 Limited progress has been made on tackling sexism in the City of London, with women still “battling their way to the top”.
Square Mile and Me: Katrina Cheverton talks paper rounds, City life and the push for more diversity May 11, 2023 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good: this week, Katrina Cheverton, CEO of recruitment and consulting firm Savannah Group, joins City A.M. for a chat.
Baker McKenzie launches ‘thorough review’ into ex-lawyer’s racism allegations February 1, 2023 US law giant Baker McKenzie has vowed to immediately conduct a “thorough review” into claims a mixed-race lawyer was subject to multiple instances of discrimination in one of its European offices. The Chicago firm’s review comes after one of its former lawyers claimed she felt forced to leave her job due to facing poor mental [...]
Private finance firms have fewer women leaders than listed rivals, new research shows January 23, 2023 Financial services companies that are structured as privately-owned partnerships have significantly fewer women in leadership positions than their publicly-listed rivals, new research shows. Fewer than one-sixth (15.1 per cent) of partners in privately-owned finance firms are women, according to research from employment law firm Fox & Partners. By comparison, women account for 43 per [...]
DWF launches menopause policy in bid to tackle legal sector’s staffing crisis November 1, 2022 DWF has launched a new firm-wide policy to support women going through the menopause, as it seeks to boost its retainment of staff in the face of an exodus of older women from the UK’s workforce. The UK law firm’s policy seeks to support DWF employees going through the menopause with a view to raising [...]
Millions of Brits experience bullying, sexual harassment and homophobia every day at work July 26, 2022 A new survey highlights today how toxic many workplaces still are in the UK with millions of workers experiencing bullying, homophobic behaviour and even sexual harassment. In fact, a staggering 42 per cent of all British workers admit they work in a toxic workplace with one in five (16 per cent) of employees witnessing homophobic [...]