Brilliant businesses will have best practice Equality, Diverisy & Inclusion policies which will detail the organisation’s commitment to upholding an inclusive culture. But how can an organisation bring these policies to life and make sure that the changes are seen and felt throughout their company culture? Share accountability Gender inclusion is not just the responsibility […]
Why female Doctors need to channel the pride in their title towards helping their fellow woman. Replying to comments on Twitter, the three themes most commonly responded to by the GoTitleFree team are: The ‘rules’ of when to use ‘Ms’. How to pronounce ‘Ms’ and ‘Mx’. How relieved female Doctors are at being able to […]
Two Summer holiday related things happened this week which made me address my own biases… in my own subject specialism of marital status titles no less… 1) Playing Cluedo with my kids: It was a harmless enough game, (aside from a tantrum from my 4yo and a conversation with my 7yo about, ‘the sorts of things that […]
The wedding season is fully upon us and couples who have waited to have free rein on guest numbers are now finally able to celebrate in the way they want. Hurrah hey?! ‘Mr and Mrs’ cards and mugs are ready for purchase in all the shops, but how many brides really consider what it means […]
Controversial. I know. But hear me out… ‘Mx’ is the newest title on the block to be added into some (but not all) of the drop down lists we see when registering online. Gender and marital status free, it should be the answer to all of our problems, right? It should give women who don’t […]
Diversity training for businesses is progressing all the time, and employers who want to live and breathe their equality, diversity and inclusion vision need to make sure they’re always continuing their learning journey. It’s wonderful to see that much of the training about diversity and inclusion now involves action. – This means each employee taking […]
For the last four years, the GoTitleFree team has been gathering thoughts, feelings and emotions about marital status titles; creating statistics to build a business case for organisations who must go on this journey to futureproof their business, as well as commit to inclusive practices. When we say ‘free from titles’ we not only mean […]
When the GoTitleFree campaign started, the first point of discussion was where marital status titles were used. We asked ourselves where we see titles relating to marriage and gender in day to day life. Very quickly we realised that… we mostly don’t. We don’t use them between friends. We don’t use marital status titles at […]
GoTitleFree is passionate about using our blog to celebrate brilliant people who have paved the way for progress in the world of equality and inclusion, who’ve demanded change, or who have amplified the voices of others who did. Today, we are celebrating Chelmsford born Anne Knight (1786 – 1862), whose experiences on this day (June […]
The GoTitleFree team is often asked the same things when talking about our work with people. We thought we’d share our answers with our community, just in case you’re ever asked what GoTitleFree is all about, and why you support us! x 1. Do you want people to give up their titles? No. Identity is […]
