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Scheme launched to improve levels of councillors from BME backgrounds
A new initiative has been launched to improve the numbers of black and minority ethnic (BME) background women working as councillors in the public sector, it has been revealed.
In figures released by the government the proportion of such women working at councils stood at 0.9 per cent in 2006 - about 170 out of a total of 20,000 - a rise from the 0.6 per cent recorded in 1997.
Now a new taskforce has been launched to tackle this shortfall which is set to run community outreach events to publicise the role of councils among BME women and provide mentoring services, Harriet Harman, minister for women and equalities, stated.
She said: "It’s not just about people’s right to be a councillor, it’s about making local government better, making decision making better and being more understanding of the communities that services are being provided for."
Ms Harman went on to report that councils may be able to make more informed decisions should they have representatives from all sections of their community.
Such news might be of interest to public sector officials using a regional recruitment portal to target job applicants.
The project is headed by Baroness Uddin, the first Muslim women to sit in the House of Lords.
Earlier this year, a study by the Boston Consulting Group and the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations revealed that the managing of staff is the most important issue for human resources teams over the course of this year.
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