Part 1: Why we need more women in the workplace
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Women with disabilities experience up to 10 times more gender-based violence than those without disabilities.
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This is enough to prevent women with a disability entering the workforce.
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Let’s look at some gender based statistics.
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Men with disability are 51.3% more likely to be employed than women with disability who have a 44.4% employment rate.
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56% of women with disabilities who are employed are on part-time employment. Compared to 22% of employed men with disability who are working part-time.
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This is due to the barriers women with disabilities face when entering employment.
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But luckily, the world is changing and industries are becoming more inclusive.
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Why is this so important?
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The main reason is that organisations will miss out on opportunities if they don’t get the gender balance right. Here’s why…
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Being inclusive means that companies have more talent to choose from.
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When we have different perspectives this means we can innovate more.
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More representation of the company’s clientele.
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Increased profitability for the company.
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In our next article we will be sharing what needs to happen to encourage equality and diversity in the workplace.
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We launched our Women in the Workplace stream of learning in February 2022.
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