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Q&A: Dr Kathryn Williams

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Research and policy officer in equality, diversity and inclusion Dr Kathryn Williams is part of the team that produced Dignity at Work 2, the ISM's follow-up report into discrimination in the music sector. Hattie Fisk meets her to discuss the impact of the findings on those working in music education
 Kathryn Williams
Kathryn Williams - Sam Walton Photography

KW: In the wake of the #MeToo movement in 2017, the ISM legal team began recieving a higher volume of calls from members, predominantly women, who wanted to share their experiences of inappropriate and sometimes unlawful behaviour in the workplace. In that year, the legal team saw a tripling of their cases to do with discrimination – this could mean anything from sexual harassment to maternity or disability discrimination. The ISM investigated the prevalence of discrimination in the profession and higher education, launching its Dignity at Work and Dignity in Study reports in 2018. The plan has always been to revisit the workplace research four years later.

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