All posts tagged "diversity and inclusion"

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  Women’s Network news roundup: near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet – and the mountain Japan has to climb

  GGF brings you the latest roundup of women-focused and gender equity news from around the world, including near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet, gender-responsive policy training in Liberia, a

  • Posted June 18, 2025
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  Women’s Network news round-up: New Zealand public sector pay equity U-turn, and more

  Here’s our round-up of women-focused and gender equality news from the last few weeks, including responses from France, Belgium, Sweden and Spain to attempts by the US Department of State

  • Posted May 19, 2025
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  Is DEI a spent force, or could it be revived by merit?

  ‘As governments worldwide face increasing scrutiny over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, how should they react, and could a merit-focused approach offer a more sustainable DEI future?’ ask Andrew

  • Posted March 19, 2025
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  Is gender equality under threat? An International Women’s Day conversation with Julia Gillard and Bridget Phillipson  

  Those involved in the women’s liberation movements in the US and Europe in the 1960s would be dismayed to learn the results of a new report, which shows that young

  • Posted March 6, 2025
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  Introducing a new standard for civil service line managers: Five minutes with Carol Bernard from the UK’s Government People Group

  Carol Bernard, executive director of line management capability in the Cabinet Office’s Government People Group, discusses being yourself in the workplace, a new line management capability programme she is introducing,

  • Posted March 17, 2024
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  ‘The squeaky wheel gets the grease’: making noise about achieving gender parity in public services

  Women tend to have less influence in decision-making in government – even in civil and public services that have equal representation of men and women in senior roles. During a

  • Posted January 29, 2024
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  Canada reviews public service values; UK’s opposition leader vows to tackle civil service churn: news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canada looks to update public service values and ethics The Canadian public service has released

  • Posted January 11, 2024
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  ‘Women from diverse communities and experiences bring unique insights to the table’: Five minutes with Sonia Karim, director of Sierra Leone’s Cabinet Affairs Department

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from women civil and public servants as part of our Global Government Women’s Network coverage. In this

  • Posted December 18, 2023
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  Don’t dim your light: leaders share their advice for fellow public service women

  We launched the Global Government Women’s Network with a session at our AccelerateGOV conference in Ottawa, Canada, on 3 October. In it, five inspiring women leaders discussed everything from imposter

  • Posted October 25, 2023
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  Laws and policies must be biased towards improving lives of women, says South Africa’s president

  The South African government is “irrevocably” committed to empowering women and intends to “mobilise all of society” to improve the lives of women and girls, the country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa

  • Posted August 20, 2023
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