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Meeting between the UoL Center for DEI and the Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality.

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 On July 24, 2023, a meeting was held between the UoL Center for DEI. and the Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality.

During the meeting, views were exchanged regarding the undertaking of joint actions aimed at the wider promotion of issues related to the work of the two parties.

The UoL Center for DEI, having gender equality as the central axis of its strategy, aims and contributes to the creation of conditions of equity, diversity, and inclusion in work, social and other environments, so that through educational programs and pioneering actions, effectiveness, creativity and innovation are enhanced.

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