Marie-Claude reflects on how migration has enriched her life through the lens of Sofia, her dual-heritage daughter.

A few years ago, we were privileged to take part in research that examined  the ‘Routes to Power’ of senior ethnic minority women in the UK.

One of the major stumbling blocks in relation to Diversity & Inclusion is the failure to distinguish between individual and institutional discrimination, and between intentional and unintentional discrimination.

According to the World Economic Forum, creativity has moved up from tenth to become the third most important skill for professional success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. “With the avalanche of new products, new technologies and new ways of working, workers are going to have to become more creative in order to benefit from these changes”

In almost all societies, there are entrenched social, economic and political hierarchies built on skin colour. It is impossible to tackle these inequalities if we deny that these inequalities exist. Let’s put aside the myth of ‘colour blindness’. It only helps to maintain the status quo and to forget the historical and current harms of institutional racism.

Black boys and young black men are under-achieving in education and in the labour market. They are also over-represented in the Criminal Justice System. To tackle these issues, four government departments and a group of 25 third sector experts came together to create the REACH programme.

For its Diversity Review, DEFRA needed to know why young people, disabled people and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are all less likely to visit and enjoy the countryside.

Macmillan Cancer Support knew that people living with cancer who are from minority groups (either from Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), or aged 65 and over) tend to have poorer experiences and outcomes in cancer services. However, they lacked evidence and insight to identify specific needs and shape future support.