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What Works Gender Equality by Design

Iris Bohnet

“Compelling, lucid, and filled with actionable insights, What Works draws from a deep well of research to explain how we can end gender inequality.”―Adam Grant, author of Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has prov...

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Freakonomics Radio

Iris Bonet's book, 'Gender Equality by Design', discusses using behavioral insights to help close gender gaps in various settings, including schools, companies, and government agencies.

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My book is called Gender Equality by Design, which brings these insights to bear on the question of gender equality.

— Episode: 254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?

Episode: 254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?

Iris Bonet's book, 'Gender Equality by Design', discusses using behavioral insights to help close gender gaps in various settings, including schools, companies, and government agencies.

"

My book is called Gender Equality by Design, which brings these insights to bear on the question of gender equality.

The book focuses on what organizations can do, including schools, but then companies, agencies, governments can do to close gender gaps using behavioral insights.

In fact, one of the big arguments of the book is that these are low-hanging fruit, often relatively cheap, and we should do them tomorrow.

Episode: 254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?

It was mentioned that the book focuses on the use of behavioral insights by organizations to bridge the gender gap in areas like hiring, promotion, and evaluation practices.

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My book is called Gender Equality by Design, which brings these insights to bear on the question of gender equality.

The book focuses on what organizations can do, including schools, but then companies, agencies, governments can do to close gender gaps using behavioral insights.

In fact, one of the big arguments of the book is that these are low-hanging fruit, often relatively cheap, and we should do them tomorrow.

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