Gender Works: Closing the Gender Gap

1. Gender Works: Closing the Gender Gap Alexis Kanda-Olmstead Director of Advancement Talent Management Dartmouth College Alexis@Dartmouth.edu; (603) 667-8000

2. Increase individual and collective awareness of gender • Explore the impact of gender in our work environment • Build capacity to close the gender gap together Session goals

3. Gender Awareness

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5. What is gender? • Socially-constructed roles and behaviors based on assigned sex at birth • Male = boy, man, he/him/his, masculine • Female = girl, woman, she/her/hers, feminine • Tied to power, privilege, and oppression Gender Binary: False assumption that there are only two natural, immutable, and opposed genders (i.e., man and woman) Gender Expression: One’s outward expression of gender through cultural forms such as language, gestures and artifacts Gender Identity: One’s internal understanding of their own gender Nicolazzo, Z. (2017). Trans* in College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion

6. Gender Is Everywhere • Physical spaces • Social activities • Career choices • Parenting roles • Spending habits • Sports and recreation

7. Inside the Box/Outside the Box Idealized Femininity Inside: Acceptable behaviors, roles, attitudes, ways of being Outside: Unacceptable behaviors, roles, attitudes, ways of being

8. Inside the Box/Outside the Box Idealized Masculinity Inside: Acceptable behaviors, roles, attitudes, ways of being Outside: Unacceptable behaviors, roles, attitudes, ways of being

9. Pair and Share When did you first become aware of gender? What did society teach you about gender? How does gender influence your life today?

10. Gender Impact

11. Hiring and Promotion Gap Ratio of promotions to manager for men vs. women % of manager positions held by men vs. women 38% 62% 50% ALL MEN ALL WOMEN Women in the Workplace 2018 Report by McKinsey & Company https://leanin.org/women-in-the-workplace-report-2018/men-still-outnumber-women-at-every-level

12. AFP membership is 70% female, but 4 out of 5senior positions in fundraising are held by males. Among CASE 50 Institutions, only 26%are headed by female Chief Advancement Officers. 2018 statistics reported by the Educational Advisory Board and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

13. Compensation Gap ALL MEN ALL WOMEN On average, women in the U.S. are paid 20% less than men. WHITE MEN BLACK WOMEN LATINAS If you break it down by race and ethnicity, the gap is even worse. Black women are paid 39% less and Latinas are paid 47% less than white men. Women in the Workplace 2018 Report by McKinsey & Company https://leanin.org/women-in-the-workplace-report-2018/men-still-outnumber-women-at-every-level

14. $15,00 – 20,000 Gender accounts for a 10% difference in salaries between male and female fundraisers. Average amount that female fundraisers are paid less than male fundraisers The Impact of Gender on Fundraising Salaries 2014-2018 https://afpglobal.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2019-03/EffectofGenderonFundraisingSalaries2019.pdf

15. Gender Works?

16. Gender Diversity Krawcheck, S. (2017). Own It: The Power of Women at Work

17. Closing the Gender Gap Individual Level Adapted from Scully, M. & Rowe, M. (2009). Bystander Training within Organizations. Journal of the International Ombudsman Association.

27. Pair and Share What can you do to close the gender gap? What can your colleagues do? What can your organization do?

28. Closing the Gender Gap Organizational Level Women in the Workplace 2017 and 2018 Report by McKinsey & Company https://leanin.org/

29. Questions

30. AFP Women’s Impact Initiative • http://afpidea.org/wii • 50 Ways to Fight Bias Training • https://leanin.org/gender-bias-cards • Women in the Workplace 2018 Report • https://leanin.org/women-in-the-workplace Resources