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Campaign Provides Virtual Backgrounds to Call Out Bias in the Workplace
NEW YORK, March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Catalyst is observing International Women s Day (IWD) 2021 by challenging companies to join its BiasCorrect Make the Invisible Visible global campaign, providing virtual backgrounds that encourage courageous conversations about unconscious bias in meetings.
Catalyst research shows that invisible barriers for women in the workplace, particularly women of color, have proliferated in remote working during the pandemic:
1 in 5 women has felt ignored and overlooked by coworkers during virtual meetings;
45% of women business leaders say it s difficult for women to speak up in virtual meetings; and
1 in 5 working people has witnessed more discrimination at work since the outbreak of Covid-19.
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Over Half of Indigenous Peoples in Canada are On Guard to Experiences of Bias
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TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A study from Catalyst,
, found 52% of Indigenous Peoples working in Canada said they are regularly on guard to experiences of bias, a hallmark of emotional tax, with women on guard (67%) significantly more than men (38%).
The new research shows that in addition to paying an Emotional Tax – the combination of being on guard to protect against bias because of race, ethnicity, and gender and experiencing the associated effects on well-being and ability to thrive at work – only 39% of Indigenous employees feel psychologically safe at work.