Women‚ HRM and Equal Opportunities DISADVANTAGES FACED BY WOMEN Women face disadvantages in countries all around the world. These include vertical and horizontal segregation‚ glass ceiling‚ pay gaps etc. Horizontal Segregation Horizontal segregation concerns the clustering of women into certain occupation categories‚ in particular the healthcare sector‚ nursing‚ teaching‚ hotels and catering and retailing. Vertical Segregation Vertical segregation on the other hand concerns the clustering
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY: POLICY AND PRACTICE ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to analyse and evaluate equality and diversity policies between two companies and determine whether there are gaps between policies and practices in relation to recruitment and selection. The report entails case studies of two organisations namely Working Links (WL) and The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). This report shows that there is a gap between policy and practice in both organisations‚
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Unit 4222 – 303 promote quality and inclusion in Health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. Outcome 1 Explain what is meant by: * Diversity * Equality * Inclusion 1. Diversity can be defined as differences in gender‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ values‚ lifestyle‚ sexual orientation‚ appearance‚ education ‚ religion ‚ disabilities‚ marital status and economic status. Equality Equality and Diversity is a term used to define and champion equality‚ diversity
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Empowering Women Despite many international agreements affirming their human rights‚ women are still much more likely than men to be poor and illiterate. They usually have less access than men to medical care‚ property ownership‚ credit‚ training and employment. They are far less likely than men to be politically active and far more likely to be victims of domestic violence. The ability of women to control their own fertility is absolutely fundamental to women’s empowerment and equality. When
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WOMEN In the middle to late 1800s‚ diversity swept across the United States of America. What is diversity? Diversity implies a wide variety in gender‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ and other characteristics of certain groups ("Diversity‚" 2006). Diversity is present in every possible aspect of life. It does not matter where one goes or what one does in America‚ no two people look or act exactly the same. America has been and still is known as a nation of freedom and diversity. Today‚ America
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Discuss the view that liberty and equality are incompatible In this essay I aim to discuss the view that Liberty and Equality are incompatible. This view was put forward by Lord Acton when he said “the passion for equality made vain the hope of freedom”. However‚ the issue of compatibility relies on how you define the terms Liberty and Equality because‚ in the words of W.B Gallie‚ both liberty and equality are “essentially contested concepts” and there are therefore different interpretations
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Equality: Equality has been established to ensure that everyone has the right to equal opportunities‚ equal rights in work environment or in general and therefore classed as important focused and organizations take it really seriously as they have to ensure that every individual employee are entitled to same choices‚ opportunities and are treated equally. There are various types of equality such as the racial equality act‚ gender equality act‚ women’s equality act‚ Marriage equality and many more
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Principles and Values of working with young children Principles 1. The welfare of the child is paramount. Within my role I have to support children and help them achieve their goals‚ from tying their shoe laces to providing skills to help young people to live in the community. I have to make sure all staff promotes a warm‚ caring‚ supportive‚ positive and tolerant atmosphere. This is to help work on raising the child’s self-esteem‚ self-confidence and self-worth. I have to be very creative in
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Promote Equality and Inclusion in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young Peoples Settings Unit Number 4222- (303) 1.1. Diversity - In society we all live in a very diverse environment were ever we are located. This can include people of all backgrounds and characteristics. This can be broken down to people of different groups in society such as different cultures‚ ethnic backgrounds‚ gender preferences‚ religious beliefs‚ disabilities and different family structures or settings. We must
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SHC 33 1.1 Diversity: The respect and knowledge of differences between each individual and groups of people within society. These differences arrive from social‚ cultural or religious backgrounds‚ ethnicity‚ disability‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ appearance and both family structure or background. Equality: This is when everyone has equal opportunities to participate within a setting. All settings are required to have an Equal Opportunities policy‚ which you must work in line with. When taking the same
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