Schedule a team meeting to discuss the questions below.
STEP 3
Discuss with your team or reflect on the questions.
Discussion Questions:
What did you learn about gender inequality in the workplace?
How did learning about the impact of modern sexism help you to develop empathy?
Why is it important to develop awareness around the invisible barriers women face, and how can it help us be more inclusive?
Take away:
Women face a unique set of challenges while negotiating the patriarchal workplace. Many women have to navigate discrimination, biases, and workplace policies and practices that are skewed in favor of men. In most societies, women bare a disproportionate share of caregiving and household duties.
“At best, these work environments are blind to the needs of women, and at worst, they function to uphold the belief that men are supreme and women are simply not as valuable.”