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International Women’s Day - And what it means to our team at Oxford Dupliation Centre

When you walk into our office, you will be immediately greeted by 5 friendly female faces in our open plan archival digitisation suite.  We could say we employ females in the archiving role for their accuracy and attention to detail but that would be stereotyping.   Our audio-video engineers, who happen to be male, are tucked away in the large audio-visual engineers’ room at the back of the office. We could say they are male because there are lots of gadgets to play with, but that would also be stereotyping.  It is in fact just the way it worked out and there are lots of gadgets involved with archival as well as it happens, and the audio-visual engineers have to be timely and accurate also. “Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias. Celebrate women's a...