Facing down backlash: What would it take to make real progress on gender equality?
Women of Influence
Sarah Kaplan and Alyson Colón write about the backlash on gender diversity, and how we can move forward by treating diversity as an innovation challenge.
The Mantra of Meritocracy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sarah Kaplan and GATE post doc Rachael Goodman write about how the mantra of meritocracy is being exported around the world. (Part 2 of a 5-part series with SSIR.)
Holding up half the sky
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sarah Kaplan and GATE post doc Rachael Goodman write about improving the effectiveness of women's empowerment programs by involving men. (Part 1 of a 5-part series with SSIR.)
Because it’s 2017: Gender Equality as an Innovation Challenge
Rotman Management Magazine
Sarah Kaplan argues that instead of focusing on building a ‘business case’ for gender equality, we need to re-frame it as an innovation challenge.
The Unintended Consequences of Diversity Statements
Harvard Business Review
Advertising oneself as a diversity-friendly employer does not solve the problem of discrimination. Pro-diversity statements give you a more diverse applicant pool, but it takes more to make workplaces inclusive.
Meritocracy: From Myth to Reality
Rotman Management Magazine
Our frames of reference and procedures contain implicit biases that devalue women’s contributions and reinforce the privileges of dominant groups. Here’s what to do about it.
‘Whitening’ and Self-Presentation in the Labour Market
Rotman Management Magazine
Sonia Kang, Katherine DeCelles, Andràs Tilcsik, and Sora Jun show that even companies that publicly espouse an inclusive environment continue to discriminate against candidates who appear to be from non-white backgrounds. Worse yet, many non-white job candidates are proactively ‘whitening’ their resumes in order to hide their racial identity.