Diversity Basics

An introduction to diversity terms and concepts

Speaker: Nastya Matchanka | Diversity Trainerin, Employers for Equality

Date: 18.09.2025

Time: 10:00 - 13:00

Language: English

Location: online

Target group: For everybody who would like to gain basic knowledge on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

Level: beginner

Registration: https://e4e.corsizio.com/register/686f8705dd81d540f1e93665

In this interactive training participants are sensitized to various diversity topics.

The training is a good introduction for anyone who has had little or no contact with the topic of diversity or anti-discrimination. Theoretical concepts are alternated with practical interactive exercises; this encourages participants to find their own approach to terms and concepts, to reflect on or develop their own attitude to diversity and to take away some theory.

Participants are encouraged to self-reflect and apply the concepts in practice. Practical exercises bring diversity issues closer to the reality of their own lives and provide inspiration for everyday professional life.

At the end of the event, participants will have:

learned diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and other important definitions
dived deeper in philosophy of diversity and attitude
understood the origins of discrimination
underpinned their knowledge with practical exercises
gained some inspiration for their own self-reflection as well as recommendations for action in everyday working life

About the format:

In our trainings participants receive an intense and particularly practical learning experience. The trainers impart knowledge and guide processes of self-reflection around diversity, equity & inclusion. Complex questions are explored in depth and the knowledge gained is applied to the participants' own (corporate) context.

About Nastya Matchanka (she/her):

Nastya is a certified diversity trainer and program manager at Employers For Equality GmbH. She has (co-)developed E4E program from the beginning and (co-)designed the content for the program, especially with a focus on practical feasibility in a business context.

She previously worked as an election observer in various countries, including Mongolia, Guyana, Ukraine and Turkey. She also brings experience from activist work in her home country Belarus and from democracy promotion in Eastern Europe.

Diversity Basics: An introduction to diversity terms and concepts