About the program
Gender 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, 50 Ways to Fight Bias gives people the tools to address gender bias head-on.
A deck of cards that highlights 50 specific examples of gender bias in the workplace, 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.
The cards are also available as a digital version or a presentation for large groups or workshops.
Six short videos that explain the five 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 50 specific examples of gender bias 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 gender 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.
Learn about gender bias
Participants start by familiarizing themselves with the most common biases women face—either by watching the 50 Ways overview video or reading the Bias cards in the deck.
Watch the 50 Ways videoSet 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.
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 cardsCommit 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 to Fight Bias cards come in three formats: a physical deck of cards available to purchase at cost, a free presentation to download, and a digital version.
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.
