What is intersectionality and how can it help businesses tackle diversity and inclusion?
The diversity and inclusion battle needs people to be seen as multi-faceted in their social identities, or via an "intersectionality" lens.
Social entrepreneur, adventurer and business woman. Subject of the National Geographic Documentary Elephant Vision, Ashoka Fellow, Eisenhower Fellow, Counsellor for One Young World, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, TED speaker, past adviser for the Clinton Global Initiative and campaigner. Since making a life-changing decision at 28 to leave career as a management consultant and travel across India on an elephant, has been committed to building a global movement on inclusive business to build an equal society for the 1 billion people in the world with a disability. Has set up several organizations and initiatives centred on disability business inclusion. #Valuable, the most recent campaign, launched in August 2017, a global call to action for business to recognize the value of the 1 billion people with disabilities across their supply chain, reached 810 million people. Now, #valuable is working with chief executive officers, brands and platforms to put disability on the global business leadership agenda.
The diversity and inclusion battle needs people to be seen as multi-faceted in their social identities, or via an "intersectionality" lens.
Occasional disability initiatives by business aren't enough if we want to achieve the Sustainable Business Goals – companies need to transform their entire supply chains
在世界各地,随着新冠肺炎疫情的发展,各国政府正将其公民置于各种形式的封锁之中,对全球人口的控制也越来越紧。
新型コロナウイルスの世界的蔓延がさらに広がり、各国政府はさまざまな形で国民を隔離する、ロックダウンの政策を取っています。自分自身や家族のウイルス感染により自宅隔離や入院を余儀なくされることで、世界中多く人々が、突如日常生活から切り離され、孤立感を味わう。長い歴史上初めての事態が、今起きています。しかし、このように「普通の」生活から切り離された感覚や、孤立感を日常的に味わっ...
Cuando reconstruyamos los sistemas de negocios después de esta crisis, deben ser totalmente inclusivos - por primera vez - para aquellos que viven con una discapacidad.
Lorsque nous reconstruisons les systèmes d'entreprise à la suite de cette crise, ils doivent être totalement inclusifs - pour la première fois - pour les personnes vivant avec un handicap.
When we rebuild business systems following this crisis, they must be fully inclusive – for the first time – for those living with a disability.
As companies recognize the worth of one billion people living with a disability, society will follow.