Happy IWD & March Update!

#IWD2021

We know that the combined effects of gender discrimination and racism, in particular on minoritised and marginalised women globally, has devastating consequences for their career prospects, work-life experience and wellbeing.

Today, we celebrate our REDI women. To our members who are leaders, allies and champions who #ChooseToChallange gender inequality in our sector, thank you!

There’s been a lot happening over the past month:

• We watched the The IDC inquiry into the culture and philosophy of aid. Note the excellent response given by Leila Billing.
• Joined a fantastic clubhouse chat with Diasporic Development, hosted by Motunrayo Fagbayi on the ‘Diaspora saviour complex’. It was a deep dive with layers on nuance and we can’t wait for the next one!
• Our first booster call on ‘Come with goals, leave with a game plan’ for our champions and allies.
• We’ve been in touch with the HR and recruitment professionals to follow up on our November call with British Expertise on hiring practices in our sector.
• We’ve started talking with organisations about how we can help them on their REDI journey. If you think we could support your organisation reach out by email: redicollective@gmail.com or DM us on twitter.
• Lastly, we’re now a social enterprise- REDI Collective CIC. Now we can tackle REDI problems, be better placed to influence and advocate, as well as support our members with more independence.

We’re looking forward to the month ahead. Please share any events you have within your own organisations. Look out for our March Booster invite and don’t forget to give us a follow on twitter.