‘Default male bias’ makes for generations of ‘invisible women’, author tells UN audience

Update: 2020-01-24

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Although women make up half the global population, they are often disregarded in the increasingly important world of big data: from measuring economic growth, to disaster response and recovery, or key public transportation planning, award-winning author Caroline Criado-Perez said at the United Nations on Friday.

Nahla Valji, the UN’s first Senior Gender Advisor in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, asked Ms. Criado-Perez what inspired her to write the book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, and how the UN can learn from her research on ‘default male bias’.

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‘Default male bias’ makes for generations of ‘invisible women’, author tells UN audience

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‘Default male bias’ makes for generations of ‘invisible women’, author tells UN audience

Nahla Valji

‘Default male bias’ makes for generations of ‘invisible women’, author tells UN audience