[diversity] (long) Equity & Justice, Diversity & Inclusion in the post-covid remote work & conferencing

Dear all,

personally, I have been privileged to ease through this pandemic
(for now) and to overcome the multiple crisis-es unfolding on all the
levels: health scare, childcare during lockdown, remote work, no visits
to friends & relatives... while other, less fortunate people had it worse.

Since the "Diversity Task Force" aims to remove barriers that prevent
participation in RIPE Community, particularly those that affect
underrepresented groups, we can learn from the plenty of new sources
that published either the tips & recommendations, or the analysis, or
the news stories about problems/issues.

I've collected many resources and I wanted to share them with you,
in the hope that we can use them for our own progress.

I would love to join your project, if you are working on the concrete
ways to address any of these issues: please let me know how!

Regards,
Vesna


0. "THE TIME’S UP GUIDE TO Equity and Inclusion During Crisis" (attached)

https://timesupfoundation.org/work/equity/guide-equity-inclusion-during-crisis/download-the-guide/

1. Subtle, unconscious biases that hinder inclusion & justice

World Economic Forum:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/how-to-achieve-gender-equality-after-pandemic/
1. The quantity of jobs available
2. The quality of work (wages and access to social protections)
3. Outsized effects on the most vulnerable employees (namely women)

https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/04/work-home-discussions-gender-diversity-corporate

2. Power Dynamics, Power Inequalities

https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/events/lockdown-is-a-luxury

& specific tips for virtual conferences:
https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Virtual_Events_aka_Remote_Conferences



3. Social Gender Inequalities

* 29.5.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/29/we-are-losers-in-this-crisis-research-finds-lockdowns-reinforcing-gender-inequality

* 29.4.
https://us.boell.org/en/2020/04/30/invisible-coronavirus-makes-systemic-gender-inequalities-and-injustices-visible

* 29.3.
https://theconversation.com/return-of-the-1950s-housewife-how-to-stop-coronavirus-lockdown-reinforcing-sexist-gender-roles-134851

* 16.3.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/16/womens-coronavirus-domestic-burden

https://en.unesco.org/news/mapping-online-articles-covid-19-and-gender


Pay Gap

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/covid19-pandemic-gender-differences-by-ann-linde-and-arancha-gonzalez-2020-05

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/equal-pay-coronavirus-economic-impact.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/


Child-care gender gap

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/upshot/pandemic-chores-homeschooling-gender.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/coronavirus-will-make-gender-inequality-worse


"We need business communities and governments to respond to the crisis
in a way that not only considers girls and women but that also helps to
transform unequal gender relations. In the immediate term, this means
ensuring girls and women have equal voice and power in planning and
executing crisis response, improving pay and conditions for key workers
and caregivers, expanding access to social protection and benefits
including paid leave and immediate cash grants, and applying tough
conditions to corporate bailouts to ensure worker benefit.

It also means recognizing that different groups, including girls and
women from minority backgrounds and those with disabilities, are more
likely to be disadvantaged."

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-04-06/commentary-coronavirus-pandemic-may-set-women-back-decades-on-equality


4. Racial Gap

All of the above inequalities are also present on the "racial" scale.


https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Racial_Inequality


5. Sustainability

There is an "intersection" between all of these topics & climate:

https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Sustainability_Links


6. Working From Home

In general, WFH is mentally difficult for everyone, regardless of all
the other systematic inequalities I just mentioned. So we will all have
to learn many new behaviors and create new habits of productivity,
team-building, communication and mutual care.

Here are some practical tips:

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/14/21211789/coronavirus-office-space-work-from-home-design-architecture-real-estate

https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/insights/office-vs-home-working-how-we-can-save-our-carbon-footprint

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/never-go-back-office/611830/

& more:

https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Working_From_Home


Regards,
Vesna


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