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our organisation; it seeks to
encourage workforce participation
and allow our people to achieve
their personal and career goals.
To further encourage flexibility,
all the roles within our organisation
are flexible, leaving our people to
develop working arrangements
that suit the needs of the individual,
our clients, their team and our firm,
while allowing them to balance
work and personal commitments.
BHP Billiton’s Inclusion and Diversity
Council also sought to support
an inclusive work environment by
embedding flexibility in the way the
company works. It also sought to
change its charter to include the
words “We are successful when our
teams are inclusive and diverse.”
3 - Government’s place
in the gender agenda
When it comes to examples of
Government good practice for
progressive gender equality
initiatives, Norway sets the standard.
Its Government implemented
mandatory parental leave and quotas
for boards. This alone saw amazing
results almost immediately.
Our survey shows the countries
with the highest proportion of senior
roles held by women were Russia
(47%), Indonesia (46%), Estonia (40%),
Poland (40%) and Philippines (40%).
Some of the great initiatives
implemented by Governments in
these countries include government
supported maternity leave,
government quotas on female
participation in electoral districts,
equal education requirements
for boys and girls, and regulation
around equality of pay.
Closer to home, we really need to
see Government support delivering
solutions to childcare accessibility
and affordability and efficient tax
benefits to parents. And looking
how we can use quotas in boards
and parliamentary representation
to accelerate change.
It’s great to see our Government
implementing initiatives to encourage
female participation in STEM subjects
10 September 2017