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Unconsious Bias Film Launch

Start Date / Time: 02 March 2026 / 12:00am

End Date / Time: 01 April 2027 / 12:00am

Venue: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fk8MWaolF4

Cost: Free

Unconscious Bias directly addresses the global challenge of gender inequality in leadership. While significant progress has been made in professional entry rates, a systemic disbelief remains, a collection of subtle microaggressions that drain the emotional and professional labour of women, hindering their progression to senior roles.

By visualising these dynamics, the film provides a tool for self-awareness in the following key areas:

1. The Authority Flip (0:09): Addresses the challenge of Assumed Incompetence. Even in high-stakes environments like surgery, women often face a default assumption that they are not the person in charge. This forces women to constantly re-establish their credentials, a hurdle their male peers do not face.

2. The Man (0:31): Highlights Exclusionary Representation. When leadership panels consist only of men, it reinforces a feedback loop where diverse expertise is structurally ignored, limiting the breadth of innovation and decision-making.

3. Mansplaining (0:49): Addresses Cognitive Condescension. This dynamic undermines a woman's expertise by assuming a lack of understanding in her own field, which can lead to reduced confidence and the silencing of qualified voices in strategic planning.

4. Gender Validation (1:26): Challenges the Credibility Gap. This occurs when a woman’s professional opinion is only accepted once it is echoed or validated by a male colleague, effectively stripping the woman of her primary professional agency.

5. Bropropriating - The Active Ally (1:59): Addresses Intellectual Erasure. By showing a man taking credit for a woman's idea—and specifically showing an Active Ally intervening—the film provides a roadmap for bystander intervention, turning a systemic problem into a collaborative solution.

6. Hepeating (2:30): Highlights the Validation Bias where a woman's suggestion is ignored until it is repeated by a man. This results in the loss of intellectual capital and discourages women from contributing in collaborative environments.

7. Manterrupting (2:52): Addresses Vocal Dominance. Constant interruption is a power dynamic that physically and metaphorically reduces the space women occupy in professional discourse.

8. Gendered Office Housework (3:09): Challenges Non-Promotable Task Allocation. This focuses on the global trend where women are expected to handle low-value, administrative, or "nurturing" tasks (like catering) that take them away from core technical or leadership work.

9. Tone Policing - The Active Ally (3:22): Addresses the Double Standard of Expression. Women are often criticised for the "tone" of their message rather than its content. The film concludes by showing how an Active Ally can refocus the conversation on the facts, neutralising the bias.

Impact Statement:
The primary global challenge addressed is the retention and promotion of women in high-stakes industries (Mining, Medicine, Construction, Law). By making these invisible hurdles visible, the film creates a shared language for teams to acknowledge, discuss, and correct bias in real-time.

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