Gender Microaggressions: How Women Can Ally for Each Other

“For 64% of women, microaggressions are a workplace reality. Women have to provide more evidence of their competence than men. Women are also twice as likely to have been mistaken for someone in a more junior position”.

Everyday sexism and racism can be subtle or explicit, intentional or unintentional. Called microaggressions, they signal disrespect and have a negative impact on women and companies. Their impact is cumulative, having adverse effects on careers (unequal wages and higher levels of poverty), physical health (migraines, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders), and mental health (depression, anxiety, and body image).

Through presentation and participant discussion, we will:

• Define microaggressions and subtle acts of exclusion.
• Recognize when they happen.
• Participant in role-playing with scenarios.
• Provide guidance on how to address the offender and the environment that allows them.
• Discuss individual, organizational and cultural interventions.
• Identify how women can ‘Ally’ for each other: on the job, across fields and new, entering voices, through mentorship.

All are welcome to participate in this critical conversation to provide insight, share experiences, and develop strategies to support women, including dealing with the intersectionality of gender, race, religion, age and ability.

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Instructor

Kimberly Chapmon-Wynne