We are an inclusive workplace and promote and integrate fairness, respect, equality, and dignity into CHAI’s culture. We take a firm stance against discrimination and harassment and foster an environment where people with a multiplicity of personal characteristics, including race, color, religion, sex or gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, HIV status, political or interest group affiliation, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, parental or pregnancy status or any other characteristic, are embraced and valued.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at CHAI: Since our founding, CHAI has held equity as a cornerstone of our organization for both our staff and those whom our programs serve. In order to continue this principle and achieve our mission, we must seek transformational change in both our work and our organization. CHAI strives to address inequity in access to healthcare from our early programs, which sought to achieve equitable access to treatment for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases, to more recent investments in assistive technologies like wheelchairs, hearing aids, and glasses, for people living with disabilities. Moving forward, our programs will build on this work for an intentional approach to address the leading causes of inequity within healthcare systems. Within our organization, we acknowledge it is also critical to address drivers of inequality and non-inclusion. We will invest in our workforce and increase diverse representation at every level. We will implement greater equity and sustainable improvements in policies, systems, and procedures. By adopting a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy, we will hold ourselves accountable for these and other actionable steps to reinforce and sustain our value of diversity, equity, and inclusion.