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url: "https://www.skedulo.com/blog/honest-conversations-with-skedulo-women-this-international-womens-day"
type: "blogPost"
title: "#BreakTheBias: Honest conversations with Skedulo women this International Women’s Day"
author: "Silvia Zhang"
date: "2022-03-02"
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# #BreakTheBias: Honest conversations with Skedulo women this International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day (IWD) is just around the corner and we’re very excited to be honoring and celebrating this day.

We recognize that tech has traditionally been a male-dominated industry, and see this as a chance to have honest conversations with the inspiring women who work at Skedulo and have built a successful career in tech.

This year’s IWD global theme is #BreakTheBias, and we have several internal and external initiatives to drive awareness and discussion. This is an opportune time to talk about unconscious biases and ask, “How can we break gender bias?”  Here are a few ways we will do this over the coming week, as we prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.



### Celebrating International Women's Day through committing to Break the Bias

We are interviewing women from all walks of life, in countries around the world who work at Skedulo.

Our goal is to find out about their experience building a career in the tech world, their role models, challenges, inspiration, advice to other women who are entering a male-dominated industry, and what International Women’s Day means to them.





















### Panel Discussion

On March 8, we will hold a panel event to showcase the contributions and achievements of several women at Skedulo. Discussions will also focus on this year’s theme of #BreakTheBias, so we can understand the panelist’s perspective on how bias presents itself and what can be done to remove it.

Our CEO Matt Fairhurst, who is an active supporter of empowering women to enter and succeed in tech roles, will kick off the event.

### Continuing the conversation

As well as our internal #BreakTheBias commitment, we will be sharing our experiences and thoughts on social media to elevate International Women’s Day and raise awareness for this year’s theme.

It’s a day that aligns closely with Skedulo Heart and our values, and connects with other initiatives we have engaged in over the years including [UNIQ You](https://www.skedulo.com/news/category/pr/) and the  Deloitte & Salesforce Talent Alliance Digital Compass program.

All of us have an opportunity to help close the gender equality gap. I hope you will join me during International Women's Day in acknowledging the achievements of women and engaging in conversations which challenge gender bias and stereotypes.