September 2023

In the year 2017, Kerala’s Kochi Metro Rail Limited launched its initiative to hire members from the transgender community. They in fact hired 23 employees from the community. However, due to the lack of inclusive policies and infrastructure, for example, viable accommodation facilities and low salaries, most of them were forced to leave the opportunity […]

In the past few months some of my colleagues were bullied while facilitating sessions on workplace safety. As DEI practitioners, we somehow get used to people not agreeing with us. We know that not everyone has had the same lived experience. Defensiveness towards their own majority group may make a participant feel uncomfortable. We are

I decided to read Elli H Radinger’s book, “The wisdom of wolves: What wolves can teach us to be more human” as I was motivated by my father’s intrinsic fascination about animal behaviour and its similarities with humans and his admiration for this brave animal. Wolves symbolise loyalty, strong family ties, communication, intelligence and teamwork

US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez eloquently stated that “some people are just born in bodies that are naturally taken more seriously”. A survey done by Newsweek (2010) revealed that 64% of employers agree that beauty plays a pivotal role in hiring. Subsequently, they also believe that it should remain to be one of the key determining

National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) carried out by the government between 2019 and 2021 has found India now has 1,020 women for every 1,000 men. This means that India has more women than men in its population. However when we analyse the structures that govern our country and society. The participation of women in leadership

Did you know that a significant proportion of people with disability (PwD) tend to hide their disability at work? According to one study, only 39% of employees with disabilities disclose this to their managers. Fewer disclose it to their teams or HR and none to their clients. Of course, people with a visible disability have