Ethnic minority women

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Ethnic minority women power Mapping the terrain

• zohra moosa
• Senior Policy Officer Race Gender
• 18 October 2007

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Introduction

• Under-representation
• Public, private and voluntary sectors
• Lack of power
• Exclusion

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Representation across sectors

• 4 directors in FTSE 100 companies (0.35)
• 9 civil service top managers (0.99)
• 0 chairs/chief execs in the top 50 charities
• 2 Members of Parliament (0.31)

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Barriers internal, organisational

• The role of discretion
• Focus on supply vs demand
• Lack of monitoring

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Barriers personality driven

• Relationship management
• Networking opportunities
• Role models

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Routes to Power

• Pipeline issues
• Focus groups, 1-1 interviews
• Interim report councillors

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Routes to Power councillors

• Motivations
• Avenues in
• Experiences

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Routes to Power councillors

• The role
• Support
• Ambitions

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Fawcetts work

• Seeing Double
• Roundtable series
• Routes to Power