Diversity beyond gender   – a new year pledge

You can read the original post Digital Science’s Medium blog. Happy New Year! As we regret our former cheese-based life choices and get back into the swing of things, January is also a time to look forward and make resolutions. 2019 could be a year of great change and uncertainty. One topic never far from our minds is diversity and inclusion, specifically ensuring that ALL people are represented and heard. During this time of change, one way that we can achieve greater representation within research is to each commit to doing one small thing to change the current culture. On Saturday 3rd November 2018 we held a session on Diversity Beyond Gender at SpotOn London . While many initiatives attempt to address the gender imbalance in STEM, true diversity and greater representation of all people in a community is often used interchangeably with this single strand of underrepresentation. Our session aimed to create an event where other facets of representation could be discussed in a safe space, with scope for people to ask questions anonymously using Mentimeter. Our panel assembled to discuss some aspects of diversity beyond gender at SpotOn London 2018href="https://twitter.com/martinjones78" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-href="https://twitter.com/martinjones78">@martinjones78 Our panel consisted of PhD student Yolanda Ohene from Minorities in STEM, PhD student Matthew Young from Pride in STEM, neurodiversity advocate Siena Castellon from Quantum Leap...
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