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WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY is the adding of support or removal of barriers to counter obstructive cultures created by gender bias.
EQUITY IS DIFFERENT FROM EQUALITY, where everyone simply receives the same opportunities whether or not they can use them.
WORKPLACE GENDER EQUITY happens when employers value and reward all employees solely on the basis of their ability to contribute to the success of the company. In today’s culture, this requires some key principles, including:
COURAGE: Employers recognize that true company success often requires a break from conventional workplace models
DIVERSITY: Hiring managers use inclusive practices to attract and retain employees from a broad range of backgrounds
HUMANITY: Women and men are supported in balancing caregiving responsibilities with their work life, without negative repercussions in any form
San Diego by 2025!
San Diego is our pilot community. We’re teaming up with University of San Diego
to make San Diego County a model of workplace gender equity by 2025.
wHERE aRE wE rIGHT nOW?
We got up-close and personal with 30 San Diegans to find out what they believe and understand about their own workplace cultures.
We uncovered some fascinating thoughts, misconceptions, biases, and practices that perpetuate gender injustice by obstructing women and, yes, impacting men every day.
OBSERVATION #2: In most cases, the PRIMARY CAREGIVERS were women, or responsibilities were said to be shared between parents. Only women worked full-time and were also the primary caregiver, not men.
A significantly higher percentage of men said they had WORK/LIFE BALANCE than women, who mostly said that either work wins or balance is a struggle. If their partner was male, women also often expressed feeling burdened by having to tell their husbands how to participate “equally” in household duties.
Next time: RESUME GAPS DUE TO CAREGIVING
Kim Center Spotlight
" We want the best person for the job. The rest is irrelevant."
Hei-ock Kim interviews Phil Blair. Phil and Mel Katz co-own Manpower West, San Diego's fourth largest employer.
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Supervisor Kristin Gaspar welcomed the Kim Center for Social Balance into the Live Well San Diego community in April!
Read ArticleKim Center Commentary appears in San Diego Business Journal
GENDER EQUITY ISSUES GO BEYOND PAY DISCREPANCIES
By Hei-ock Kim and jane Tanner
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