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Why we no longer use the term ‘BAME’ in government

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Why we no longer use the term ‘BAME’ in government

How we write about race and ethnicity matters. As civil servants, we need to be as precise as we can in the language we use when describing different ethnic groups, and also in how we develop solutions to address the …

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Guest post: Gender pay gap reporting: why every employer should do it now

Posted by: Sheila Flavell, Chief Operating Officer, FDM Group, Posted on: 2 October 2017 - Categories: Gender pay gap
Sheila Flavell, Chief Operating Officer, FDM Group

Sheila Flavell is the Chief Operating Officer at FDM Group. In this guest post, Sheila writes about why every employer should report their gender pay gap early.

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#LGBTsurvey: asking about sexual orientation and intersex

Posted by: GEO LGBT team, Posted on: 29 September 2017 - Categories: LGBT
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We launched a national LGBT survey in July to understand the experiences of LGBT people living in the UK. This post tells you about the questions we ask to understand the sexual orientation and intersex identities of respondents.

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Guest post: Why SSE needs to play its part in closing the gender pay gap

Posted by: John Stewart, SSE Director of HR, Posted on: 21 September 2017 - Categories: Gender pay gap
John Stewart, Director of HR at SSE

John Stewart is Director of HR at SSE. In this guest post, he writes about how SSE is working to tackle the gender pay gap.

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Closing the gender pay gap

Posted by: Elysia McCaffrey, Posted on: 24 August 2017 - Categories: Gender pay gap
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...gap, there are persuasive economic reasons to focus on gender equality. McKinsey, for example, have estimated that the UK could add £150 billion to our GDP by 2025 if we...

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#LGBTsurvey: asking about your sex and gender identity

Posted by: GEO LGBT team, Posted on: 28 July 2017 - Categories: LGBT
The government crest with a Pride flag

On Sunday, we launched a national LGBT survey. This is the first in a series of blog posts explaining how we created the survey, focusing on how we ask questions about sex and gender.

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Introducing GEO’s LGBT Policy Team

Posted by: Oliver Entwistle OBE, Posted on: 14 July 2017 - Categories: LGBT
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Oliver Entwistle, the Head of LGBT Policy at the Government Equalities Office, introduces his team and the work they do to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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How Parliament is becoming more diverse

Posted by: John Peart, Posted on: 14 July 2017 - Categories: GEO team
Houses of Parliament. Credit: Michael D Beckwith.

The General Election held on 8 June 2017 returned a record number of female, BAME and LGBT MPs. This is a quick overview of how the House of Commons is becoming more diverse.

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Hello from the Government Equalities Office

Posted by: Hilary Spencer, Posted on: 14 July 2017 - Categories: GEO team
Hilary Spencer, Director of the Government Equalities Office

Hilary Spencer, Director of the Government Equalities Office, introduces our team and what we do.

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