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Talking about the menopause

Posted by: Rupert McNeil, Government Chief People Officer, Civil Service Human Resources, Cabinet Office, Posted on: 18 October 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion, Health & Wellbeing
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To mark World Menopause Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Rupert McNeil introduces civil servant Kirstie Williams, who shares her first-hand experience of both conditions.

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Starting a conversation on gender equality – #FollowTheFlag

Posted by: Eleanor Binks, Posted on: 3 July 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion

As part of the celebrations for the centenary of some women getting the right to vote, the distinctive Suffrage Flag is being taken on a relay around the UK and overseas.

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International Women's Day – celebrating the 'Wonder Women' in public service

Posted by: Melanie Dawes, Posted on: 8 March 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Civil Service Leaders, Leading and managing change

On International Women's Day, Civil Service Gender Champion Melanie Dawes talks about some of the 'Wonder Women' in public service who have inspired her and others.

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Creating the future at DIT

Posted by: Antonia Romeo, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Civil Service Gender Inclusion Champion, Posted on: 13 October 2017 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

In her first Civil Service leaders blog, Antonia Romeo reflects on her first six months as Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Trade (DIT).

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International Women's Day and being ‘brilliantly diverse’

Posted by: Keela Shackell-Smith, Inclusion Manager at the Food Standards Agency, Posted on: 28 February 2017 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
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Keela Shackell-Smith of the Cross Government Women's Network previews Civil Service events celebrating International Women's Day.

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