Our new director-general Rain Newton-Smith made the point that the news in recent weeks has made for bleak, often distressing, reading for those committed to inclusive workplaces.
The country does, as she said, feel mired in an epidemic of harassment against women. The heartbreak is personally even greater when we accept the CBI’s place among those that have not lived up to the standards we should. We can, we must, and we will do better.
On Sunday, the BBC’s Politics Wales programme recently had an excellent discussion panel that highlighted how, from political parties to emergency services to sporting bodies, many of our institutions have failed badly in keeping their people safe. Cerys Furlong, a former chief executive of Chwarae Teg, a charity that supports the economic development of women, told the show it was exhausting and frustrating for women to have to continually confront these issues. I couldn’t agree more.
