{"id":6418,"date":"2025-07-14T20:58:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?p=6418"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:15:06","slug":"gender-equality-diversity-gender-impact-assessments-gia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2025\/07\/14\/gender-equality-diversity-gender-impact-assessments-gia\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equality &amp; Diversity \u2013 Gender Impact Assessments (GIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Soroptimists are calling on all governments, local, national and devolved, for a systematic\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0mandatory approach to gender impact assets as part of every policy decision.<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2025\/07\/Campaign-Graphic-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2025\/07\/Campaign-Graphic-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2025\/07\/Campaign-Graphic-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2025\/07\/Campaign-Graphic-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2025\/07\/Campaign-Graphic-2.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>Soroptimists are always looking for ways to improve equality. Current legislative and policy frameworks go some way but they don\u2019t go far enough and the UN says that no<br \/>\ncountry has achieved, or is anywhere close to achieving, gender equality. Which is why we are addressing the issue with a call for a mandatory and consistent approach to<br \/>\ngender equality assessment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">C<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">l<\/span>ick here to view and download a full copy of the the position paper :\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2025\/07\/SIGBI-Position-Paper-on-Gender-Impact-Assessments-June-2025.pdf\">SIGBI-Position-Paper-on-Gender-Impact-Assessments-June-2025 <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/what-we-do\/our-work\/equality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Read More about the work Soroptimists Equality and Diversity<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists are calling on all governments, local, national and devolved, for a systematic\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":880,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[177,18,89,179,178],"class_list":["post-6418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-club-news","tag-gender-equality-and-diversity","tag-si-lichfield-district","tag-soroptimists","tag-standing-up-for-women-and-girls","tag-volunteering","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gender Equality &amp; Diversity \u2013 Gender Impact Assessments (GIA) | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Lichfield and District : Blog &amp; News : Gender Equality &amp; Diversity \u2013 Gender Impact Assessments (GIA) : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . 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