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EWI Board publish Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Today, the EWI Board have published their first Equality,
Diversity and Inclusion Statement.
The statement demonstrates their commitment to diversity and outlines the actions they will take.
EWI Chief Executive, Simon Berney-Edwards, said "I am pleased that the Board have adopted the statement as this adds further weight to our recent signing of the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses pledge. The team and I are looking forward to working with the Board to deliver our commitments to the diversification of the workforce."
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Our mission is to support the proper administration of justice and the early resolution of disputes for everybody through high-quality expert evidence from specialists. That means having a diverse expert witness workforce that fully represents those involved in disputes. We believe that the justice system will be best served by using a diverse and inclusive pool of appropriately trained expert witnesses.
Our commitments:
• Lead by example • We are committed to creating and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce and culture and will continue to review all policies and processes to maintain our status as an equal opportunities employer. • We will strive to make our Board and Committees become more inclusive. • Wherever possible, we will aim for a diverse set of speakers at our events. • We will continue to develop our training and events programme to be accessible to all. • Understand the workforce • We will establish our current (and where possible historical) baseline member statistics for gender identity, ethnic origin, and disability and measure these. • Promote diversity in the workforce • We will encourage those who employ or contract expert
witnesses to be more inclusive. • We will encourage people from diverse backgrounds to become Expert Witnesses. • Work with partners • We will work with partners such as Equal Representation for
Expert witnesses to encourage diversification of the workforce
Date: September 2022
