{"id":456,"date":"2019-10-25T10:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T09:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456"},"modified":"2019-11-07T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T11:16:41","slug":"international-mens-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"International Men\u2019s Day Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Tuesday 19th November 2019<br \/>\nBook your place to join the conversation<\/p>\n<p>It is a common feature of gender equality events that most of the attendees are women so we often miss out on the male voice when discussing issues that affect us all such as work-life balance, wellbeing and workplace culture.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the Athena SWAN team addressed this by surveying* our male colleagues on their experience of gender equality in the workplace. This year we are using the occasion of International Men\u2019s Day to hold a panel and audience discussion on the key themes arising from the survey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Does it feel that gender equality initiatives are targeted only at women?<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is there a macho culture that prevents an inclusive one?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is it like being a Dad at the University?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everyone welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: Tuesday 19<sup>th<\/sup> November<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> Teas, coffees and afternoon treats from 2.30pm and discussion from 3-4pm<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: Grimond Lecture Theatre 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/international-mens-day-tickets-77987726389?utm_term=eventurl_text\">Book your place here<\/a> and please do pass on the details to any colleagues you think may be interested.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you.<\/p>\n<p>*You can read more about the responses to our gender equality surveys on our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/equalitymatters\/what-do-staff-at-uok-think-about-gender-equality-in-the-workplace\/\">Equality Matters blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456&amp;t=International Men\u2019s Day Event' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=International Men\u2019s Day Event%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456&amp;title=International Men\u2019s Day Event' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456&amp;title=International Men\u2019s Day Event' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 19th November 2019 Book your place to join the conversation It is a common feature of gender equality events that most of the attendees &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=456\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}