Thursday, August 22, 2024

Sexism in the workplace

Time: 1pm to 2:30pm

In partnership with The Young Women’s Movement and The Scottish Youth Parliament

£7.50 full price and £5 concession

Event description

A survey by the Young Women’s Trust this year found that half of the women surveyed, between 18 and 30 years old, have experienced discrimination in the workplace. Join the panel to discuss how structural challenges ranging from microaggressions to verbal put-downs and blocked opportunities, all impact women in the workplace, and how positive leadership and zero tolerance can ensure everyone feels safe and empowered at work.

Relevant books on this topic are available to order and collect from our online shop (with a 10% discount).

Chair: Alannah Logue MSYP, Convener of the Scottish Youth Parliament, Culture and Media Committee

Panellists:

Claire Reindorp is an experienced voluntary sector leader, having worked for 28 years in small and large charities. She has a track record of developing high impact programmes and services with local communities and marginalised groups. Her latest role as chief executive officer of Young Women's Trust continues a longstanding commitment to tackling inequalities, both through practical support and building longer term coalitions for change.

Jack Anderson MSYP is the MSYP for Dundee City East and Chair of Dundee Youth Council. In July 2023, he successfully passed a motion at the SYP National Sitting calling for greater protection for young people working in the retail and hospitality sectors, receiving support from 94% of the SYP membership.

Carolyn Currie was head of women in business at RBS where she launched and expanded the women in business initiative and was the first woman to manage the bank’s multi-billion-pound business lending book. Now, chief executive of Women’s Enterprise Scotland, she has guided the development of global-leading standards for women’s business support, gives evidence to Parliamentary Committees and comments in the media. She is a founding member of Mint Ventures, the women’s business angel syndicate and has co-authored policy briefings for the think-tank aligned to the G20 group of Governments. She chairs the Board of the Productivity Institute in Scotland.