07.11.12
British Army in top 10 for gender equality
The top ten public sector employers for achieving gender and ethnic diversity have been revealed.
The UK Business in the Community (BITC) gender and race diversity survey scores organisations on diversity processes and policies, as well as the impact and result of these policies.
Five organisations appeared on both lists this year: HM Revenue & Customs, the Home Office, Ofcom, MoJ and housing association Genesis.
Helen Wells, director of Opportunity Now, the gender equality campaign within BITC, which has run the annual survey since 1998, told The Guardian: “We are looking at organisations that have moved the dial in terms of women’s recruitment, retention and progression, and the same is true from an ethnicity point of view.
“It is fairly obvious that some organisations have particular diversity challenges, that they tend to be a macho, male environment, for instance, but I wasn't surprised by any of these organisations being on this list, because I work with them a lot. Sometimes you can look from outside and make assumptions about what it feels like to be in that organisation, but a lot of organisations are trying to create cultures that really mainstream diversity.”
Top 10 public sector organisations for gender (unranked):
British Army
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Crown Prosecution Service
Genesis
HM Revenue & Customs
Home Office
Leicestershire police
Ministry of Justice
Ofcom
Royal Navy
Top 10 public sector organisations for ethnicity (unranked):
Crown Prosecution Service
Genesis
HM Revenue & Customs
Home Office
Leicestershire police
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
National Audit Office
Ofcom
Royal Air Force
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