Race equity in the workforce: empowerment - people have a voice and feel listened to

When you have completed this module, you will be able to:

• develop greater self-awareness by recognising your own values, strengths, and lived experiences as foundations for empowerment
• practise self-assertiveness to express needs, boundaries, and perspectives with clarity and confidence
• apply active bystander skills to safely and effectively intervene when witnessing discrimination, micro-aggressions, or inappropriate behaviour
• build confidence in speaking up in the workplace, raising concerns constructively while contributing to psychological safety
• challenge stigmas and assumptions that perpetuate inequity, bias, or exclusion in clinical and organisational settings
• contribute to an NHS culture where equity, respect, and inclusion are embedded, from the boardroom to the bedside.

Sonia Arnowalt (2025)

Sonia, at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Hospitals, North West, believes that a strength of the RCOG is the diversity of our membership and volunteered for this project to help to develop a workplace culture that fosters a sense of belonging.

Baljeet Kaur Gholkar (2025)

Baljeet, at Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust, South West, is passionate about addressing racial discrimination via improving our teams, recruitment and improving representation in leadership roles.

Farah Siddiqui (2025)

Farah led work to develop this resource in her role as RCOG Clinical Fellow on the Race Equity Project. Farah is also Head of School for the East Midlands region and a consultant in maternal-fetal medicine in Leicester.

Myint Nyan Htein Win (Win) (2025)

Win, at Nottingham University Hospital Trust, East Midlands, having experience of both exclusion and support in previous professional environments, brings a wealth of experience to contribute to the development of this resource.

This module has been developed for executive teams at Band 9 and above, chief executives, consultants, managers up to Band 9, senior SAS and LE doctors, resident doctors, SAS and LE doctors, midwives, nurses and allied health professionals.