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Recommendation 20
20
Not Addressed
Paragraph: 54
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office should require organisations that it funds, which employ more...
Recommendation
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office should require organisations that it funds, which employ more than 50 staff, to publish their diversity data. This 32 Racism in the aid sector should not act as a barrier to small organisations in receiving funding. The FCDO should work with small organisations to identify ways to increase opportunities for staff from underrepresented groups.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that requiring organisations it funds to publish diversity data may not always be appropriate or possible and references existing reporting obligations, without committing to any specific action.
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54
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
In accordance with its reporting obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty, the FCDO publishes diversity information through the Diversity and Equality Report and the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts. Annually we also publish the FCDO Gender Pay Gap report. Requiring organisations that we fund to publish their diversity data may not always be either appropriate or possible, given the contexts in which the FCDO operates.
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