Women in IT: The Facts
Women in IT: The Facts
This report (PDF), sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology’s Workforce Alliance, brings together the latest findings from recent research on women in technology.
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This report (PDF), sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology’s Workforce Alliance, brings together the latest findings from recent research on women in technology.
This article (PDF) qualitatively highlights the expectation perception gap as a potential source of misperception and misunderstanding between employees from three generational groups: Baby Boomer, generation X, and generation Y.
What are "gender pronouns?" When should we ask for them? How should we ask for them? This resource (PDF) from the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity at Duke University covers an array of questions in regard to gender pronouns that one may have.
In this article, Alana Semuels explores how, during the late 19th century, black and white people in the South lived closer together than they do today.
The "Because who is perfect? Get closer." campaign was devised for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by Pro Infirmis, an organization for the disabled. It was designed to provoke reflection on the acceptance of people with disabilities. Director Alain Gsponer has captured the campaign as a short film.
We know it’s awkward, talking about class. Especially in the United States, talking about class is considered taboo. When the subject comes up, otherwise articulate extroverts suddenly find themselves caught up in the social awkwardness that is a customary partner of conversations about class.
Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions
The most recent wave of student activism on college and university campuses typically took the form of building or office “takeovers,” as well as lists of “demands” presented to administrators. Among the challenges for these leaders at all levels of the academy, but presidents and chancellors, in particular, were how do they productively engage in dialogue with students angered by what they perceive as decades of inaction on issues of inclusivity, diversity and racism, how do they extract valuable lea
Though you can’t fully eliminate your biases, you can take steps to mitigate their influence. The infographic in this article details 10 of the most common cognitive biases that can affect hiring decisions.
This book focuses on five main topics: employment issues such as pay discrimination, work-life balance and the government's response, women's reproductive rights and the limits it places on their economic mobility, sexual harassment and violence, and the potential detrimental effect of the label "feminist.”
Increasing the diversity in leadership is good for business - not only financially. This article discusses benefits to increasing the gender, racial and ethnic diversity of leadership.
President Obama spoke at his eighth annual White House reception honoring lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.?He talked about the progress that had been made to advance LGBT rights and warned against being complacent but to continue the work to help those suffering from HIV/AIDS and to prevent discrimination and persecution in the U.S.
New research suggests that bias, not pipeline issues or personal choices, pushes women out of science — and that bias plays out differently depending on a woman’s race or ethnicity.
The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEM
Based on the Harvard Business Review article by Jeanne Brett, Kristin Behfar and Mary C. Kern, this video gives an overview of common problems in multicultural teams and explains strategies for addressing these challenges.
Koritha Mitchell provides what is typically on the last page of the course policies for every class she teaches, as well as additional explanations and resources.
Teaching and the N-word: Questions to Consider
Recruiting and hiring biases are hard to overcome, but businesses who actively seek out diversity tools and software that strip away such biases will be able to build a more inclusive environment for hiring diverse candidates.
How to Recruit Diverse Candidates: Identify Your own Biases First