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Diversity Deficit: HFW introduce new diversity strategy after missing gender targets
Careers / Diversity / Employment

Diversity Deficit: HFW introduce new diversity strategy after missing gender targets

After failing to hit gender diversity targets for 2020, global law firm HFW has announced the launch of a new strategy, supported by a series of ambitious targets.

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December 12, 2020
Addressing the Balance: UK company boards make slow progress on BAME appointments in 2020 with significant improvements towards gender parity
Diversity / Employment

Addressing the Balance: UK company boards make slow progress on BAME appointments in 2020 with significant improvements towards gender parity

BAME appointments to the boards of some of the largest UK companies have stalled in 2020, while board gender parity has significantly progressed.

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November 21, 2020
Mind the Gap: Bar Standards Board reveals female BAME barristers are the lowest-earners
Business of Law / Diversity

Mind the Gap: Bar Standards Board reveals female BAME barristers are the lowest-earners

Recent research undertaken by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) shows that minority ethnic women are the lowest-earning barristers in the profession.

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November 16, 2020
BAME Representation at the Bar: You shouldn’t have to put up with racism to be a black lawyer
Diversity

BAME Representation at the Bar: You shouldn’t have to put up with racism to be a black lawyer

Alexandra Wilson, a criminal and family law barrister at 5 St Andrew’s Hill and the author of “In Black and White”, took to Twitter last month to voice her concerns and anguish over being mistaken for a defendant three times in one day.

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October 15, 2020
No More Parties in the UK, France and Spain: Airbnb Bans Under 25s
Diversity / Justice / Miscellaneous

No More Parties in the UK, France and Spain: Airbnb Bans Under 25s

Airbnb is banning under-25s from booking entire properties in the UK, France and Spain. The crackdown is an effort to prevent house parties, which skirt social distancing rules amid COVID-19.

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August 24, 2020
B for Bias: BPTC facial recognition exam software to put BAME students at a disadvantage
Diversity / Miscellaneous / Technology

B for Bias: BPTC facial recognition exam software to put BAME students at a disadvantage

In August 2020, Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams will be held remotely using facial recognition software. This technology aims to ensure fairness and prevent cheating, but its rate of algorithmic bias means it is likely to disadvantage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students.

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August 11, 2020
FVF for SMEs: Innvotec Empowers female entrepreneurs with new venture fund
Diversity / Finance

FVF for SMEs: Innvotec Empowers female entrepreneurs with new venture fund

Innvotec, a fund manager, recently launched the Female Ventures Fund (FVF). FVF will invest in small-to-medium-sized businesses founded by women and provide financial support for the first 10-12 years of the company.

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July 20, 2020
#StopFundingHate: High profile brand walkouts challenge Facebook’s bottom-line
Diversity / Justice

#StopFundingHate: High profile brand walkouts challenge Facebook’s bottom-line

Major brands, such as CocaCola, Unilever, Starbucks and Verizon have joined together to boycott advertising on Facebook, in a campaign labelled “Stop Hate for Profit”.

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July 15, 2020
A Long Overdue “Topical” Change: Johnson & Johnson announces discontinuation of skin whitening products
Consumer / Diversity / Miscellaneous

A Long Overdue “Topical” Change: Johnson & Johnson announces discontinuation of skin whitening products

The American health product giant Johnson & Johnson has announced discontinuation of certain product lines sold only in Asia, advertised as dark-spot reducers, but commonly used by purchasers to lighten skin tone.

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July 10, 2020
Equal Employment Protection: US Supreme Court confirms LGBTQ+ protections
Diversity / Employment / Litigation / Politics

Equal Employment Protection: US Supreme Court confirms LGBTQ+ protections

The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court has declared workplace discrimination of LGBTQ+ individuals illegal.

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July 3, 2020
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