Gender Equity Plan 2024 - - 1. Introduction 1.1. Mission Statement

The purpose of the Equality Unit (EQU) is to prevent discrimination, harassment, and bullying within the working environment of the ECMI by providing a mediating and consultative body for the staff, as well as to foster a positive, open, communicative, and constructive institutional culture at the Centre. [...] Thus, through this document, we aim to encapsulate the values of the ECMI and its commitment to equality in the workplace, in a set of guidelines and standardised practice for the further progression of the Centre. [...] Therefore, the Gender Equity Plan seeks to ground the aspirations of gender equality within processes of equity and turn them into the overall organizational goals of the Equality Unit and the ECMI in general. [...] The purpose of this is to ensure that the goals and aspirations are reflexive of the changing needs of the ECMI staff. [...] Acknowledging the changing nature of the staff needs and fostering the creation of a more inclusive and diverse workplace that promotes a culture of care, the Gender Equity Plan, and the recommendations within, seek to enshrine a practical way forward.