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50 Ways to Fight Bias

This activity is part of 50 Ways to Fight Bias, a program that helps people combat gender bias at work. The cards highlight 50 specific examples of gender bias in the workplace, encourage participants to brainstorm solutions together, and offer research-backed recommendations for what to do.

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Back of card: What to do - stand up for your colleague on leave. Point out why it matters - how family leave is good for workers, families, and companies.
Front of card: Situation - someone complains to you that a new dad on the team is taking too much of his allotted family leave.
Back of card: What to do - You can make the workplace fairer by being thoughtful about whom you mentor. Consider proactively reaching out to mentor someone from a different background.
Front of card: Situation - you decide to mentor someone because they remind you of yourself.
Back of card: We tend to underestimate women's performance and overestimate men's. As a result, women have to accomplish more to prove that they're as competent as men.
Front of card: Performance bias
Back of card: What to do: Talk to the hiring manager. Point out that there aren't any women being interviewed. Suggest and additional push to identify two or more viable women candidates.
Front of card: Situation - you're asked to interview candidates for a role on your team and notice none are women.
Back of card: Definition - We tend to underestimate women's performance and overestimate men's.
Front of card: Maternal Bias
Back of card: Solution - when a woman gets interrupted, speak up. You might say, I'd like to hear the rest of her thoughts, or she raised an important point. I'd like to consider it further before we move on.
Front of card: Situation - you're in a meeting and a woman colleague is spoken over or interrupted.

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