Probably the most important phrase to add to your repertoire. This expression gives you time to think and make a considered decision.
- I’d like some time to think about it. Can I get back to you on Monday?
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Probably the most important phrase to add to your repertoire. This expression gives you time to think and make a considered decision.
Can you unpick the causes versus the effects of Ireland’s gender gaps?
=> LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAUSES OF IRELAND’s GENDER PAY GAP #ChooseToChallenge – International Women’s Day 2021
How to support colleagues who are being silenced verbally at work.
Each of us is responsible for our own thoughts and actions. It may not be easy, but we can ‘choose to challenge’ conversational inequality. Prepare a phrase to avoid brain freeze when faced with conversational inequalities.
=> FIND YOUR PREFERRED PHRASE“Tell me what you want, what you really really want …“
The wonderful lyrics of the Spice Girls 1996 (yes, it’s that long ago) hit song. Sometimes knowing what we really want is a complex mix of work and life priorities, each challenging the other for pole position. And that’s just the items that are in our awareness.
=> EXPLORE INSPIRATION & TOOLS TO UNCOVER WHAT YOU REALLY WANTSDG Target 5.5 states: “Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life”. Gendelity reviewed Ireland’s approach to SDG 5.5 at local government level.
Is your local government acting on Ireland’s national ambitions to achieve SDG 5.5?
=> EXPLORE THE STATUS, PLANS & ACTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THEN CONSIDER VOTING FOR WOMEN.Sharing salary information amongst colleagues is a critical way that women have uncovered unequal pay. Consider with whom you may be in a position to share information about both salary and benefits. Perhaps you, like Samatha Barry, can nurture a whisper network worth 10 thousand.
=> How to Ask Your Coworkers About Their PayIn every country in the world, the average working woman earns less than the average working man. Countries have different average incomes, and different gaps between female and male workers. Which countries have smaller income gaps between male and female? Within each country, what is the absolute amount of the gap between female & male? What is the percentage gap?
=> Find out HereDespite being better educated overall, women aged 25-64, with a degree in Ireland earn 28% less than their male counterparts (OECD). In the 2019 workplace, 39% of women report experiencing discrimination. 1/3 indicate the discrimination was gender-based (CSO 2019). Globally based on current trends, it will take 257 years to close the gender gap in economic opportunity (UN 2020).
=> Get the Facts About WHO EXPERIENCES DISCRIMINATION IN IRISH WORKPLACEGendelity’s explores aspects related to workplace gender inclusion.
=> Explore National Frameworks & SDG 5 in Ireland