Building a future of work free from sexual harassment
Read the full article in Women’s Agenda: Building a future of work free from sexual harassment
Not In My Workplace is an initiative created by women leaders who realised:
we need to take more action to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace.
In 2019, Not in My Workplace hosted a Summit in Sydney on December 3 along with a call-to-action event for business leaders in Ballarat on December 4.
The event brought groups together from across a wide range of industries - including tech, media, sport, entertainment, military, retail, corporate and government.
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Lessons from the Not In My Workplace Summit 2019:
The problem is huge
Leadership sets the tone
We need more women at the top
Check your data
It’s all about power
It starts with a conversation
It’s about people first - not paperwork
Change is coming
Read the full article in Women’s Agenda: Building a future of work free from sexual harassment
[The below is an excerpt from the article first published on Women’s Agenda]
An unlikely collection of leaders and change agents from across the public, community and private sectors, came together in Sydney yesterday for a landmark summit setting the agenda for action to end workplace sexual harassment.
Attendees at the Not In My Workplace Summit heard from leaders from across media, military, tech, entertainment, sport, legal services, venture capital, retail, corporate, government, and public sectors – all sharing deep insights on the reality of the problem and the actions being taken to tackle it.
As summit host and gender equality advocate Nicola Hazell pointed out, most of the speakers would rarely, if ever, find themselves sharing a stage. They come from very different industries, with different workforces and different workplace cultures.
But a shared goal brought this disparate group together: a goal of inclusion, respect, and safety. A goal to end workplace sexual harassment.
With more than 20 world-class speakers on the program, it was a BIG day with a lot of information and inspiration to soak up.
Here are the key learnings that got us thinking…
Read the full article in Women’s Agenda: Building a future of work free from sexual harassment
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