Diversity and inclusion strategy

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[Image shows a hand wiping the text and then writing and drawing, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and a picture of two people walking on a path towards a sunrise]

Narrator: In STEM we all aspire to break new ground.

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We value courageous and divergent thinking, thinking that challenges traditional ideas but we don’t value the diversity of our thinkers in the same way.

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Every day, everywhere, people are excluded and their work devalued because they’re seen as different

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because of their sexuality, their cultural background, their primary language, or their gender.

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In STEM we struggle with gender inclusion in particular.

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Why is only 16 per cent of Australia’s STEM workforce women?

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And why having battled their way into labs and institutions do so many women in STEM continually think about leaving?

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Because routinely women are treated differently.

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Their work, opinions and ideas are undermined and diminished by acts of everyday sexism.

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A multitude of little things that make women feel uncomfortable, excluded, or less than.

[Image shows a drawing on the right showing a speech bubble “Two thirds” above four women with the letters spelling “STEM” on their t-shirts, and then a man entering a doorway, and text: Ignored Excluded, Only one third]

Two-thirds of women in STEM report being ignored or excluded at work, yet only a third of men have seen it happen.

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Is there any wonder women think of leaving?

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And there’s no point banging on about increasing the pipeline of women into STEM if they don’t stay.

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There are countless daily examples of everyday sexism that…

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OK enough explaining.

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You can read about that in the reports.

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We’re talking about those little jokes or remarks which are in fact insults; expecting or asking to talk to a man, not a woman, whilst still assuming she’ll pick up the coffee cups after the meeting;

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preferring men as conference speakers or to be on committees; also making it harder or uncomfortable for men to get carer’s leave to look after the kids;

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or just quietly asking one of your LGBTQI+ colleagues not to go that meeting with a client;

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everyday acts driven by bias.

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Bias is something we all have. Don’t kid yourself if you think you don’t. We all do and unchecked it diminishes each one of us.

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So, we all have a responsibility to do something about it.

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It’s not easy to check our biases but with courage, respect and effort we can.

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Remember we’re hurtling through the 21st century, facing some of humanities biggest challenges.

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Do we seriously want a smaller, more homogenous slice of our collected brains’ trust struggling with the world’s critical dilemmas?

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We all need to call out everyday acts of sexism, regularly and consistently, especially if we’re in positions of power or privilege.

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Yes, we’ll make mistakes trying but we’ll learn and we’ll keep going.

[Image shows “Everyday sexism” being written inside an oval and then the image shows two hands pointing fingers towards each other in an accusatory position with text: You, You]

We’re naming everyday sexism, not to blame and shame each other,

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but to mark moments of change on our road to everyday inclusion.

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