A university has omitted the word “woman” from almost every part of its policies on menopause and parental leave, a new report has revealed.
University of Arts London (UAL) uses the terms “pregnant person” and “expectant parent”, or simply person and people, throughout. The one mention of “women” is justified by the university as having been used because it refers to another organisation’s survey that used this term in its research.
The staff policies feature in the latest edition of a newsletter published by Policy Exchange, the right-of-centre think tank. It asked people to submit evidence of gender-identity beliefs being adopted in the public domain.
UAL’s documents say: “This policy uses the term ‘maternity’ throughout to reflect UK law.
