Gender equality
Over 60% of pharmacists are now women, but that’s not reflected at senior leadership level across the profession.
Supporting women in pharmacy to achieve their potential is part of our ambition to create a culture of belonging.
Challenging sexism for future generations
“We need to challenge sexism in all areas of live to create a better world for the next generation of pharmacy colleagues.”
– Charlotte Bell
Breaking the barriers
Read about the achievements and experiences of others:
- Watch inspiring women in science, technology and digital health face up the challenges they’ve experienced as pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and leaders in our fantastic livestream panels.
- Take a look at a selection of truly outstanding Women to Watch, an initiative from our renowned Pharmaceutical Journal which profiles shining examples of female leadership every year.
- Read our blog on empowering women in pharmacy through mentoring, where we discuss the role mentoring can play in supporting career development.
What you can do
We want to listen, learn and create positive change, so the workplace becomes fairer and meets the needs and ambitions of pharmacists everywhere.
Microaggressions
Gender-related microaggressions are the everyday, subtle, intentional and unintentional interactions or behaviours that communicate bias based on gender. They can have a huge impact on how you feel about yourself, and your career prospects. Find out how to challenge gender microaggressions if you experience them, and how positive micro-affirmations can make all the difference to workplace culture.
Download our free posters on gender-related microaggressions for your workplace.
What our Women in Leadership live panel where we’re joined by incredible female pharmacists in different leadership roles across the profession.
Allyship
An ally is any person that actively promotes and aspires to advance the culture of inclusion through intentional, positive, and conscious efforts that benefit people as a whole.
What we’re doing
- We publish our gender pay gap every year and our action plan to improve this.
- We’ve reviewed our processes for recruitment, national Board elections, awarding Fellowships and are committed to Equality Impact Assessments on all areas of our work.
- We collect Equality, Diversity and Inclusion data for of our membership on a yearly basis to understand more about our members and ensure our services are inclusive.
- We’re working to achieve real and lasting change for pharmacy through challenge, advocacy with our profession, partners and contributors within and outside of pharmacy.
Women’s health inequalities are top of our agenda. Our statement on women’s health outlines how pharmacists and their teams can help improve services provided to women and reduce women’s health inequalities.
Inclusion and diversity blogs
Many RCPharm members have written about their experiences in promoting and fighting for Inclusion and Diversity in pharmacy.
To discover their stories and learn about how their experiences, background and culture have shaped who they are today, browse through our collection below.
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Empowering inclusive leadership through the North West IPP Toolkit and steering group journey
Pharmacy leaders in the North West are driving meaningful cultural change through a co‑produced IPP Toolkit and a collaborative steering group, empowering teams to embed equity, diversity and belonging into everyday practice.