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WorkPride panel (in Spanish): Salir del armario en el trabajo. Networks LGTBI+

La diversidad por orientación sexual y por género está considerada una de las “diversidades invisibles”. Al igual que la diversidad racial es tangible y se puede percibir en un primer impacto visual, este tipo de diversidad puede existir y no ser percibida. Incluso en empresas e instituciones donde los porcentajes de personas LGTBI+ fuera del armario destacan por encima de la media. 

El primer paso, es trabajar internamente la diversidad y la inclusión. De esta forma es fácil que bajen estos porcentajes de personas LGTBI+ dentro del armario. Según el estudio de mpátika “La Diversidad LGBT en el contexto laboral en España”, las empresas con iniciativas de sensibilización en este campo consiguen reducir prácticamente a la mitad el número de personas en el armario. 

Poniendo un símil con el racismo. Que una persona oculte su orientación sexual o género es como si una persona de raza negra tuviera que maquillarse de blanco cada mañana para no sufrir el racismo. 

¿Cuál es la foto actual de las empresas con respecto a diversidad e inclusión LGTBI+? ¿Qué iniciativas pueden generar para conseguir un ambiente más inclusivo?

A estas preguntas nos darán respuesta los panelistas. Con una introducción realizada por el profesor de Antropología Social de la UCM, José Ignacio Pichardo, investigador principal del "Proyecto ADIM: Avanzando en la gestión de la diversidad LGBT en el sector público y privado" desarrollado por la Dirección General de Igualdad de Trato y Diversidad del Ministerio de la Presidencia, Relaciones con las Cortes e Igualdad de España, conjuntamente con la Comissão para a Cidadania e a Igualdade de Género de Portugal y la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

El proyecto está financiado por la Unión Europea y en él participaron 16 empresas y 8 universidades públicas de España y Portugal que buscan mejorar el respeto y la inclusión en ámbitos laborales de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, trans y otras personas pertenecientes a las llamadas minorías sexuales -como intersexuales, asexuales o personas de géneros no binarios- incluidos bajo las siglas LGBT+.

Diego Tomasino, coordinador de Pride Connection Panamá nos hablará de su libro Come Out!: Las empresas también tienen que salir del armario y daremos paso al panel con representantes de los networks LGTBI+. 


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    Miguel Garzón
    Miguel Garzón
    Director para Iberia y Latinoamérica
    myGwork
    Director de myGwork en España y LatAm con una larga trayectoria profesional y de formación en Reino Unido y Sudáfrica. Experiencia tanto en el sector público como privado, liderando equipos profesionales.
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    Sara Castelo
    Sara Castelo
    Corporate Counsel of Salesforce & Global Growth Chair of Outforce
    Salesforce
    Sara is Corporate Counsel at Salesforce and also the Global Growth Chair of Outforce (Salesforce LGBTQ+ Equality Group). Seven years ago pursuing LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality became a personal commitment on top of her legal career. That’s why, in addition to her “day job” as a corporate lawyer in the IT industry, she has led several workplace equality projects in Spain and currently she leads programs across the globe, as part of the Global Leadership of Outforce. She also volunteered with different charities and non-profit organisations, advising on LGBTQIA+ hate crime to the Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard, London, UK. Sara has been a speaker in several equality summits in Spain and the US (Out and Equal Summit).
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    DIEGO TOMASINO
    DIEGO TOMASINO
    Diversity Coach and Founder
    CoachMap
    Diversity Coach, MBA and Founder of CoachMap. I am currently coordinator of Pride Connection Panamá. Author of "COME OUT! Las empresas también tienen que salir del closet" http://bit.ly/ComeOutDT I´ve started my career as a financial consultant in Casin Asociados with over ten years of experience in high performance roles and leading successful initiatives. Demonstrated ability in project and personnel management with focus in customer satisfaction and cost savings. Great aptitude for team work, contributing to build a proper work climate and sharing know-how and best practice policies. Proactive, with skills to adapt to changing environments and work under deadlines. Entrepreneur and generator of business opportunities. Global Shapers' Alumni with a focus on promoting diversity inclusion in society. Check my web: www.diegotomasino.com
  • Francisco Gallego
    Francisco Gallego
    Global Inclusion & Diversity Manager
    Expedia Group
    Welcome to my profile. I am on a mission to make the world more accessible and inclusive to all, especially underrepresented talent. In my current role I design and oversee our ERGs' strategy to foster inclusion & diversity among the diverse communities in my organization. I have served Expedia's ERG Pride as their Global President (1.6k members) and managed a team of 9 global chairs and 38 chapter leads. I am a certified Mental Health First Aider and believe more conversations around mental health are necessary in the workplace. I am happy to chat about DEI or any topic related to the future of organizations. Thanks for checking my profile, I'm always happy to connect. Francisco
  • José Ignacio Pichardo
    José Ignacio Pichardo
    Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology Department
    Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
    Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology Department of Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Graduate and Doctor in the same discipline from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Teaches classes on Anthropology of Gender, Research Techniques with Audiovisual Media, and Development and Cooperation Anthropology. Co-director of the Anthropology, Diversity and Integration Research Group. His own research projects focus on issues of kinship, family, sexuality, gender and interculturality. Has completed and published various investigations into sexual diversity, lesbian women and human rights, gay and lesbian families and, particularly, the situation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans adolescents in educational environments. Has been Secretary of the Network of Iberoamerican Anthropologists (AIBR) and a member of its Management Board since 2002. A member of Sexualidades, an interdisciplinary network for research into sexual diversity, and the administrator of its distribution list. Also belongs to the Madrid Anthropology Institute, to the University Institute of Women’s Studies of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and to the Euro-Mediterranean University Institute of Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
  • Carlos Campos Chacón
    Carlos Campos Chacón
    Healthcare Compliance Specialist
    Johnson & Johnson
    Carlos joined Janssen in 2018 as Healthcare Compliance Liaison. He is a passionate and creative lawyer, whose current objective is to support the pharmaceutical business, in order to guarantee that compliance standards are met. He joined the Open&Out Employee Resource Group (LGBTQIA+) in 2019 as part of the Leadership Team.
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