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Tech@WorkplacePride Visits Maersk

One of the ambitions of the Workplace Pride’s five ‘Communities’ is to strengthen co-operation and networking in each area of interest. For Tech@WorkplacePride this covers the Tech Industries in the broadest sense of the term and includes the additional goal of strengthening the community by exchanging knowledge about D&I. One…

Nairobi Roundtable: Free to Be Me (F2BM) Project Takes Big Steps!

Friday, 16 December 2022As part of its contribution to the 5-year Free to Be Me (F2BM) Project that aims to improve the lives of LGBTIQ+ people in 14 global south countries, Workplace Pride recently organised the first Socio-Economic Roundtable in Africa. This event, which was held at the residence of…

Speaking with one Voice on Purple Friday

15 December 2022The concept of “Purple Friday” was inspired by Spirit Day in the United States, which was first held in 2010 as an expression against bullying of LGBTIQ+ youth. It is a day that calls for solidarity, focusing primarily on the LGBTIQ+ community youth and, in particular, educational institutions.

2022 Annual Members Meeting Recap

Wednesday, 7 December 2022As we approach the end of 2023, Workplace Pride can look back at another year full of challenges and achievements. To provide our members a good overview of this year’s events, we held our Annual Members Meeting on Thursday, December 1st. The meeting was hosted by Adyen,…

“Trans+ in the workplace: A Talk across Generations

Trans activists come in many forms. To dig a bit deeper into this topic the Trans+ Community at Workplace Pride organised a cross-generational talk on November 17th at the Foundation’s offices in Amsterdam. This event, which all Workplace Pride members were invited to, highlighted the experiences of two leading activists…

Workplace Pride Member Exchange Session

Workplace Pride’s second Member Exchange Session was held on November 8, 2022, on the topic of Embedding Leadership Support.Thank you to our two presenters, Jose Nava from Unilever and Ronald Niewenhuis from KPN, for sharing some great insights, to the Workplace Pride Relationship Managers for organizing, and to our Director…

Monkeypox and LGBTQI+ employees: How employers can avoid stigmatization

Now that the Monkey Pox infection rate is going down in many countries including the Netherlands, it is a good moment to reflect on the implications and lessons learned for the workplace from this particular virus. In this article in the management magazine MT/Sprout Dr. Kai Jonas, professor…

2022 Leadership Awards Gala Recap

What an energising evening last Friday night at the Workplace Pride Leadership Awards Gala! Close to 400 of the Foundation’s members came to celebrate a year full of hard work and progress towards creating workplaces around the world where LGBTIQ+ can truly be themselves. Held at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange Building…

Workplace Pride announces Global Benchmark 2022 results

Congratulations go to all of those organisations that have committed a great deal of time and effort into completing the Workplace Pride 2022 LGBTIQ+ Global Benchmark survey. Their work is a good indication of how organisations are more and more taking societal changes into account in their daily business and,…

The Future is Now: Workplace Inclusion in Japan

The groundbreaking conference entitled “The Future is Now: Workplace Inclusion in Japan” took place on Friday, September 30th, 2022 at the Accenture Innovation Hub Tokyo. This filled-to-capacity event was attended by enthusiastic members of the business community, government, and civil society. The evening before, The Embassy of the Kingdom of…