Check out our digital version featuring new cards on the experiences of Black women, and more broadly, women of color.
About the program
Bias is holding women back in the workplace. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it harder for women to get hired and promoted and negatively impacts their day-to-day work experiences. This hurts women and makes it difficult for companies to level the playing field.
Pairing a card-based activity with a short video series in a virtual-friendly format, 50 Ways to Fight Bias gives people the tools to address the biases that women face at work—including new cards on the unique experiences of Black women, and more broadly, the experiences of women of color.
A deck of cards that highlights more than 50 specific examples of bias against women at work, encourages group discussion and problem-solving, and offers research-backed recommendations for what to do. The cards are designed to engage people of all genders and identities.
The cards are also available as a digital version or a presentation for large groups or workshops—in person or virtually.
Six short videos that explain the most common types of bias women face and address the concept of intersectionality—how women can experience multiple biases due to other aspects of their identity.
What makes 50 Ways to Fight Bias effective
Specific and solutions-oriented
Highlights more than 50 specific examples of bias against women at work with clear recommendations for what to do—because research shows bias training is more effective when it’s tied to realistic and familiar situations.1
Designed to engage men
Many bias trainings leave men feeling attacked or alienated.2 50 Ways is designed to help men play a meaningful role in identifying and combating bias.
Rooted in research
The advice on the cards is based on research from leading experts on gender, diversity, and inclusion. And every situation has been reviewed by experts to ensure that the program addresses the most common and impactful types of bias women face.
How it works
You can engage with the 50 Ways cards and videos separately, but they’re most powerful when paired together. No matter how they’re used, the activity involves a few simple steps.
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Learn about bias
Participants start by familiarizing themselves with the most common biases women face—either by watching the 50 Ways videos or reading the Bias cards in the deck.
Watch the 50 Ways video2
Set the stage
To frame why these discussions are so important, the group guesses the answer to the question on one of the deck’s Icebreaker cards.
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Discuss the situations
As a group, participants read specific examples of bias, share their own experiences, and discuss research-backed recommendations for what to do.
Explore the 50 Ways cards4
Commit to action
As the activity wraps up, participants commit to take one action to fight bias based on what they learned.
Bring 50 Ways to your organizationGet the cards
The 50 Ways cards come in three formats: a free presentation to download, a free digital deck of cards, and a physical deck of cards available for purchase.
Bringing 50 Ways to Life
Footnotes
- Shelley Correll, “Reducing Gender Biases in Modern Workplaces: A Small Wins Approach to Organizational Change,” Gender & Society 31, no. 6 (December 1, 2017): 725–50, https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/reducing-gender-biases-modern-workplaces-small-wins-approach.
- Rohini Anand and Mary Frances Winters, “A Retrospective View of Corporate Diversity Training from 1964 to the Present,” Academy of Management Learning & Education 7, no. 3 (2008): 356–72, http://www.wintersgroup.com/corporate-diversity-training-1964-to-present.pdf.
