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ROTA AGM 2021/22 and "ROTA AGM 2021-22 and "Thwarted Ambitions" Higher Education Conference
Race on the Agenda hereby gives notice to its members that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the financial year 2021/22 is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 25th May 2023 at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA.
Registration for the "Thwarted Ambitions" Higher Education Conference will be will be from 1pm.
The conference will be followed by ROTA's Annual General Meeting for the financial year 2021/22 and will begin at 3:45pm prompt.
Registration for the AGM will be will be from 3.30pm.
Hate CRIME STATS
26% increase in reported hate crime
Broken Ladders
75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work
Official Statistics - Hate crime, England and Wales, 2021 to 2022
Home Office released the statistics for recorded hate crimes in England and Wales showing a 26% increase in reported hate crime in the year ending March 2022. A total of 155,841 offences were recorded
Key results
19% rise in racially motivated hate crimes
37% rise in religious hate crimes
41% rise in sexual orientation hate crimes
43% rise in disability hate crimes
56% rise in transgender identity hate crimes
In year ending March 2022, there were 155,841 hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, an increase of 26% from year ending March 2021 (124,104 offences)
there were 109,843 race hate crimes, 8,730 religious hate crimes, 26,152 sexual orientation hate crimes, 14,242 disability hate crimes and 4,355 transgender hate crimes in year ending March 2022
as in previous years, the majority of hate crimes were racially motivated, accounting for over two-thirds of all such offences (70%; 109,843 offences); racially motivated hate crimes increased by 19 per cent between year ending March 2021 and year ending March 2022
religious hate crimes increased by 37 per cent (to 8,730 offences), up from 6,383 in the previous year; this was the highest number of religious hate crimes recorded since the time series began in year ending March 2012
sexual orientation hate crimes increased by 41% (to 26,152), disability hate crimes by 43% (to 14,242) and transgender identity
hate crimes by 56% (to 4,355); these percentage increases were much higher than seen in recent years
over half (51%) of the hate crimes recorded by the police were for public order offences and a 41% were for violence against the person offences; five per cent were recorded as criminal damage and arson offences
Leading hate crime organisations such as Galop have suggested that the latest statistics indicate an increase in the number of incidents of hate crime, rather than an increase in the number of people reporting instances of hate crime.
Broken Ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace
75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work, and 61% report changing themselves to ‘fit in’
Women of colour across the UK already know that experiencing racism at work is the norm. That’s why we’ve partnered with the Fawcett Society to produce our ground-breaking research, Broken Ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace.
Broken Ladders centres the voices and experiences of thousands of women of colour at work and explores the different experiences of women from different ethnic minority groups and religions.
Our research shows that every stage of the career journey, from entering work to senior leadership, women of colour are being locked out of reaching their true potential.
Our key findings show:
Institutional racism is common in all sectors and in all organisations: 75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work, with 27% having suffered racial slurs.
Forced to mould to conform: 61% report changing themselves to ‘fit-in’ at work, from the language or words they use (37%), their hairstyle (26%) and even their name (22%).
Well-being is being impacted: 39% of women of colour stated their well-being had been impacted by a lack of progression compared to 28% of white women, whilst being refused promotion led to loss of motivation for 43% of women of colour.
Locked out of progression: 28% of women of colour (compared with 19% of white women) reporting that a manager had blocked their progression at work, and 42% reporting being passed over for promotion despite good feedback (compared to 27% for white women).
Recruitment discrimination: 52% of women of colour experience discrimination – such as, being asked for UK qualifications or English as a first language and being asked for ethnicity information outside of monitoring processes.
Urgent change is needed across all institutions and sectors.