First appearance on Fox: Data shows the State Department discriminates against men when it comes to promotions in the diplomatic service, according to a new report from the Heritage Foundation.
Across all five diplomatic career tracks, including consular services, economic services, political services, public diplomacy, and management, women will be promoted at higher rates than men in 2023, and in some cases has been shown to be up to 13%. Even though men outnumber women in the Foreign Service Corps.
But the challenges for men working abroad are nothing new. Heritage also found that from 2020 to 2022, promotion rates for men were significantly lower overall across all five diplomatic career tracks.
moreover, 2020 Government Accountability Report According to research from 2003 to 2018, “women in the foreign service generally spend fewer years in each rank than men''.
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Simon Hankinson, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and author of the organization's report that highlighted concerns about gender discrimination at the State Department, told Fox News Digital that the Heritage Foundation's current policy is that “staff law This will open up the ministry to appropriate measures.” Such discrimination lawsuits have been filed in the past.
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“This report exposes the administration's pattern of promoting women at higher rates than men under the guise of 'fairness', with no logical explanation other than a preference based solely on gender,” Hankinson said. said. “Today's findings prompt corrective action to restore merit-based promotion.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke at an International Women's Day event at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 8.
Upon taking office in 2021, President Biden will issue a review to federal agencies on how they have and will continue to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion to deliver “equitable outcomes.” Mandatory submission of detailed reports. A few months later, Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed a deputy secretary. The agency's first chief diversity and inclusion officer.
Under the Biden administration, the State Department Pledged to employ at least 30% women for diplomatic and security services by 2030; Recommended “Periodic evaluation of practice” [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility] in [public diplomacy]'', etc., will work to promote “diversity'' within the agency, targeting women and people of color.
Moreover, these efforts by the Biden administration were consistent with efforts in Congress. In 2021, a group of House Democrats submitted a bill Increasing diversity in diplomatic promotion practices to “improve retention and equity” for women and minorities.
“In my judgment, it is essential that we continue to build a department that fully reflects the diversity of our company, which is our strength around the world, and that is what we have worked to do.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress. At the beginning of this year.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed the department's first chief diversity and inclusion officer in 2021. (Getty Images)
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“Now more than ever, we as DEI leaders in our fields are focusing on our roles as advocates and educators, delivering tangible benefits to companies from business development to the bottom line, and ensuring that these roles and efforts Nicole Ridley, director of operations at the Financial Alliance for Racial Equity, said: he told Fortune.
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FOX News Digital reached out to the State Department for comment, but did not receive a response by press time.
