D&I aspects of mentoring

How does mentoring work when mentee and mentor have (very) different cultural backgrounds? And what about gender aspects in mentoring relationships?

Sometimes one could have the impression that cultural differences are reduced to different times zones, different public holidays and differences in the reliability of computer and internet. Mainly under time pressure awareness may fade away: Read Lis Merrick’s columns about cultural and gender diversity and how to include it (and how to avoid exclusion, with a special emphasis on “women mentoring”, a field where she has rich and long-term experience).