{"id":1146,"date":"2022-03-08T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2023-06-15T07:55:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T07:55:02","slug":"salesforce-womens-network-gender-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/salesforce-womens-network-gender-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce Women\u2019s Network Shares How to Break Gender Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year in early March, groups around the world take time to pause and celebrate the contributions of women for International Women\u2019s Day<\/a>. While it\u2019s a day for sharing success stories and celebrating progress, this is also a time to reflect on and address the challenges that stand in the way of a more gender-equal world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This International Women\u2019s Day, individuals and businesses are encouraged to share how they are breaking gender bias. To honour the day, members of the Salesforce Women\u2019s Network (SWN) share what today means to them, as well as what changes they hope to see in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wendy Walker<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wendy Walker is JAPAC President, Salesforce Women\u2019s Network and Vice-President, Marketing ASEAN<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equality is something I have always been incredibly passionate about. As a marketer, I am naturally curious about all human beings \u2013 what makes us different, how we interact \u2013 and I love having the opportunity to be surrounded by a vast diversity of thought. Like many of us, I have had situations throughout my career where I have experienced inequality, and I\u2018ve seen others in the workplace experience inequality. Those moments drive me to want to do whatever I can to contribute to fixing the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Salesforce Women\u2019s Network (SWN) started as a grassroots vehicle for women supporting each other. It has evolved into a global, sophisticated team that brings together women and allies with a focus on nurturing and growing equality within Salesforce. I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to lead this group across JAPAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We aim to make all SWN activities inclusive for all employees, to ensure we can empower our allies to learn and show up as even more supportive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to support everyone in the workplace, and help with guiding, mentoring and navigating to get to an outcome of equality for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Haly is ASEAN President, Salesforce Women\u2019s Network and Director, Customer Success, APAC<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) is a celebration of the female voice and female talent. It\u2019s an opportunity to recognise those who haven\u2019t necessarily had a voice or a platform to raise their voice. It\u2019s also an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come in improving the equality agenda as well as a reminder of how much more there needs to be done to improve opportunities for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you plan to celebrate the day?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I plan on sharing my appreciation to those who inspire me, as well as connecting with the women and men who have lifted me up throughout my life and career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll also be conducting an interview for our Salesforce employees in Asia with a very talented female leader \u2013 Debbie Watkins, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile money app Lucy, will be joining us to talk about how they\u2019re closing the financial inequality gap for female entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2022 IWD theme is \u2018break the bias\u2019. What do you think are some effective ways to address bias in the workplace?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We all have blind spots and biases. We\u2019re only human. But it\u2019s important we learn to recognise them. Employee training on hiring practices and employee engagement is a great way to begin to address this. Regular training is mandatory for us here at Salesforce and it\u2019s a foundational way to address any biases we carry when we are hiring or engaging the talent in our organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you describe some of the changes that have inspired you on the path to gender equality, or changes you would hope to see to promote gender equality?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I would love to see attitudes and allyship improve. I\u2019m always intrigued by the women I speak to who don\u2019t see any issues with equality in their lives or in their workplace. That\u2019s an incredible privilege but it\u2019s certainly not what the data says or what experience tells us. Exercising allyship and educating ourselves around where the inequality exists for marginalised groups is important for all, and especially for those who consider that inequality and bias don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xinyi Li<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Xinyi Li is ASEAN Vice-President, Salesforce Women\u2019s Network and Account Executive<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IWD is a time of celebration of courage, connection, and contribution to the community!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you plan to celebrate the day?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As a gold facilitator for #IAmRemarkable (a 1.5-hour workshop that focuses on helping participants to understand and practice self-promotion), I will be running a workshop to help others to break bias, creating an environment where differences are valued and celebrated, not judged. And in doing so, I want to enable my participants to self-promote, to connect, and to feel empowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2022 IWD theme is \u2018break the bias\u2019. What do you think are some effective ways to address bias in the workplace?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The best way to address it is to openly talk about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n