This International Women’s Day, help your organization #BreakTheBias at work
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Bias continues to hold women and workplaces back
Women have made important gains in representation in the last few years. But we’re still a long way from equality.
Companies need to act now to support, retain, and advance women. Combating the biases women face at work is critical to getting this right. Research shows that bias contributes to women being passed over for jobs and promotions. Almost 60 percent of women regularly experience microaggressions at work. And women of color, LGBTQ+ women, and women with disabilities face more acute biases. But less than half of employees say they’ve spoken out against biased behavior at any point in their career.
That’s why we’re joining forces with International Women’s Day’s 2022 initiative to #BreakTheBias. We’re committed to supporting you in arming your employees, managers, and leaders with the tools to push back against bias and inequity—because from challenge comes change.
50 Ways to Fight Bias is designed to empower people to identify and challenge bias head-on.
The program has been used by thousands of organizations. And it works: 95 percent of participants are more committed to challenging bias and 96 percent of managers feel better equipped to talk about bias with their teams.
In this one- to two-hour IWD 50 Ways to Fight Bias workshop (optimized for virtual sessions), your teams will:
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Watch a short video
to learn about the most common types of biases that women face at work—including the compounding discrimination women face based on their race, sexual orientation, disability, or other aspects of their identity.
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Discuss, in small groups,
specific examples of bias, brainstorm solutions together, and learn research-backed recommendations for what to do.
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Commit to one action
they will take as individuals to #BreakTheBias this year.
How to get started
Download the 50 Ways to Fight Bias toolkit
Get everything you need to run a successful 50 Ways workshop at your organization’s International Women’s Day event.
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Need help getting started? Attend a 50 Ways to Fight Bias Moderator Training to learn directly from the Lean In team how to run this workshop for your organization this IWD and beyond.
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![Back of card: What to do - When a woman gets interrupted, speak up. You might say, “I’d like to hear the rest of [Name’s] thoughts” or “[Name] raised an important point. I’d like to consider it further before we move on.” If you’re leading a meeting, reduce interruptions by following an agenda and asking people to contribute in a structured way. You might say, “Let’s go around the room and get everyone’s ideas.” You can also invite individual women in the room to contribute their opinions.](https://media.sgff.io/sgff_r1eHetbDYb/2021-02-09/1612835852364/spoken_over-2.png)
![Back of card: What to do – Speak up. Say you’d like to hear your coworker’s point of view, and push back on the suggestion that she’s too emotional or irrational. You could say, “[Name] doesn’t seem heated to me. I think she’s making some really great points. [Name], can you go on?”](https://media.sgff.io/sgff_r1eHetbDYb/2021-02-09/1612835818107/fired_up-2.png)
