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The majority of women of colour in Australia have experienced discrimination in the workplace, despite their workplace having a diversity and inclusion policy in place, a nationwide survey has revealed.
The survey, conducted by Women of Colour Australia (WoCA) in partnership with Murdoch University, revealed that discrimination and racism in the workplace towards women of colour are not impacted by industry, positions or salary.
Many of the 543 women who completed the survey were white-collar workers, with 70% working full-time, and around 30% earning between $100,000 and $149,990.
The survey revealed 60% of respondents have experienced discrimination in the workplace related to their identity. This was despite the workplaces of roughly the same number of respondents 59% having a diversity and inclusion policy.
(RNS) Since mosques have closed in the U.S. and around the world due to COVID-19 limitations, “virtual khutbahs” Muslim Friday sermons delivered online have become common. What is harder to find is the sense of community and full range of spiritual services that a mosque offers in normal times.
Now a virtual hub called ImamConnect aspires to provide just that: everything from Muslim circumcisions to headstone engravings on a platform designed to be an “Uber for imams.” On ImamConnect, Muslims can log on to find not just one imam but a crowd of co-religionists.
And it is not just imams. Billed as “the world’s first online marketplace for Muslim services,” the app connects users to brick-and-mortar businesses down the street and experts halfway around the world, offering instruction in everything from Islamic learning to Arabic calligraphy in 14 different languages.