Binna Kandola
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Over the last decade the topic of diversity has been seen as increasingly important by government, public and private sector organisations, the media and society generally. The desire to treat people fairly and with respect can be considered to be a truly ingrained value in the UK. Organisations have spent time and effort on creating strategies, identifying champions, setting up network groups, carrying out training etc, etc. However, despite this...
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Does the only way to achieve gender equality at work lie in accepting the natural and unchangeable differences between men and women? Or is acceptance of difference a blind alley - and a means of perpetuating the very inequality at stake. Psychologists Binna and Jo Kandola show how today's gender inequality stems not from biology or evolution but social constructs, viewpoints and bias. Using historical, sociological and psychological perspectives,...