Why we need gender equity, not just equality

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day campaign is ‘embrace equity’. But what is gender equity, and how can we achieve it in the workplace, to the benefit of businesses?

The easiest way of describing the difference between equity and equality is that equality is the end goal and equity is how we get there.

Gender equality is giving all genders equal treatment when it comes to rights, responsibilities and opportunities. Gender equity, meanwhile, ...