Dear Mannie
Thanks for this helpful response; however I would like to ask you
whether there is any good practice guidance available currently for
the HE Sector concerning religion as an equality and diversity issue.
I am trying to develop this section of our Equality and Diversity
Strategy at present and would appreciate guidance on the following in
particular:
how to monitor on religion - which categories to use, particular
sensitivities;
issues concerning ethnic and non-ethnic religious minorities;
issues concerning observance and the need to provide adjustments in
terms of working practices and the curriclum;
safeguarding the position of those with no religious belief;
issues concerning religious beliefs that conflict with equality and
diversity aims in other areas - eg, the position of women, gays,
lesbians and transsexuals.
Your advice would be appreciated.
Virginia
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:20:02 +0100 Emmanuell Kusemamuriwo
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Please Sarah, do not forget that women in UK Plc. today are from diverse
> backgrounds. We only need to look at the social picture from an
> ethnicity,
> gender, religion, sexual orientation,disabilities and age point of view
> to
> see what disadvantages people are liable to suffer and how those
> disadvantages can overlap for everyone. To only acknowledge and address
> some
> disadvantages without others would be like addressing part of a person
> instead of the whole person.
>
> We therefore need to remind any trainer/s that we work with, of these
> equality and diversity dictates because they can be sometimes left out
> of
> the "holistic agenda" which we must adopt if we are to do our best to
> truly
> address the disadvantages that women face in the UK today, without
> condoning
> and indeed perpetrating some inequalities ourselves, directly or
> indirectly,
> either by commission or omission. We need to be explicit before we can
> be
> satisfied that what we think is implicit, is indeed.
>
> It is therefore very important for us to be satisfied (however we go
> about
> doing this) that the trainer/s we get to do the job, will be able to
> deliver
> on this holistic approach to the disadvantages being faced by ALL women,
> rather than by only some women.
>
> Mannie.
>
> Mannie Kusemamuriwo
> Policy Adviser: Ethnicity & Cultural Diversity
> Equality Challenge Unit
> 3rd Floor, 4 Tavistock Place
> London WC1H 9RA
>
> Tel 020 7520 7063
> Fax 020 7520 7069
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felicity Hunt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 18 July 2002 09:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Women into Leadership Training
>
>
> Sarah, and the list
>
> We have found that Anne Gold at the Institute of Education runs some
> very
> effective courses on women into management and leadership. They have
> been
> well
> received here. She is involved in similiar courses, run
> internationally, for
> the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
>
> Her contact details are:
> Anne Gold
> Management Development Centre
> School of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies
> Institute of Education, University of London
> 58 Gordon Square
> London WC1H ONU
> Phone: ++ (0)207 612 6422
> Fax: ++ (0)207 612 6919
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> The Springboard Consultancy (personal and professional development for
> women)
> has also developed an interesting women and leadership/senior management
> course called Spring Forward. Their website is at
> http://www.springboardconsultancy.com/
>
>
> Felicity Hunt
>
>
>
>
> Sarah Lewis <[log in to unmask]> on 17/07/2002 14:09:03
>
> Please respond to HE Administrators equal opportunities list
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> cc: (bcc: Felicity Hunt/PER/Central-Admin)
>
> Subject: Women into Leadership Training
>
>
>
>
> I am planning to run one or two programmes of Women into Leadership
> training
> and development in the Autumn. (This will be positive action to
> try to redress the paucity of women in more senior posts.)
>
> Has anyone any information they can share on such programmes they have
> run
> i.e. content, method of selection, eligibility ...
>
> Can anyone reccomend trainers they have used for such work (gender
> equality,
> career progrssion, confidence boosting !)
>
> Many thanks
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Lewis
> Equal Opportunities Adviser
> Coventry University
> 024 7688 7148
>
>
>
>
> Dr M F Hunt
> Equal Opportunities Officer
>
> University of Cambridge
> Personnel Division
> The Old Schools
> Trinity Lane
> Cambridge CB2 1TT
>
> Tel: +44 (0) 1223 332268 (Direct line)
> Fax: +44 (0) 1223 336954
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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Virginia M Wainwright
Equal Opportunities Officer
King's College London
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8WA
020 7848 3399
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