EQUALITY

…EQUALITY?

Everyone is treated as equal Everybody has access to the same

opportunities and is protected against discrimination.

…DISCRIMINATION? Discrimination should be defined as one

person, or a group of persons, being treated less favourably than another on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

WHAT IS….?

…DIVERSITY?

Valuing everyone as equal – valuing people as pupils, teachers, clients, colleagues.

Respecting the uniqueness of individuals – Of Every Individual.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY STARTS WITH US

Addressing Equality and Diversity involves the establishment of equal access to, and the participation in, education for all people no matter what sex, race, religion or their disability status.

Some of these groups may not be familiar to us and we may not have previously encountered them in our daily lives

Yet, we WILL work and learn alongside them.

This diagram illustrates simply how a combination of early messages, images and views influence our values, beliefs, attitudes and ultimately behaviour.

Every day we display, and see in others, behaviour and sometimes attitudes – the top two layers of the iceberg. However we don’t usually see the underlying aspects of a person.

SO NOW WE NOW WE HAVE SEEN THAT DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY BEGINS WITH US, WHAT SHOULD

WE DO?

By examining our own attitudes and values we can begin to challenge our own behaviour, and the behaviour of others, that some people may find abusive or offensive.

By increasing our own knowledge and understanding of people we can become better people, who are more respected.

With freedom and diversity comes a need to respect difference!

Do you want to live in a world where we can be who we want to be, listen to the music we like, eat the foods we enjoy, dress how we like to dress, etc?

Then we must remember that the person next to us has the freedom and right to do the same.

And they are very likely to be different...

“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring."

Catherine Pulsifer "Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness." Ola Joseph

“A lot of different flowers make a bouquet.” — Muslim Origin

“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority; the test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” — Ralph W. Sockman

“If you don’t have the capacity to change yourself and your own attitudes, then nothing around you can be changed.” — Anwar Sadat, quoting the Qur’an “Men are from Earth,

women are from Earth. Deal with it.” ― George Carlin

“Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.” ― Joss Whedon