Everyday Sexism

UPDATE: DATE RESCHEDULED TO 11 DEC

Join us for this meetup where we'll be tackling the controversial topic of Everyday Sexism in the tech environment.

CONTEXT:

"Isn’t this just ‘political correctness gone mad?"

We’ve all heard this said. Often. This common response to calling out everyday sexism has become one of the most significant barriers to tackling it. Particularly when ‘getting the joke’ or ‘not rocking the boat’ is an important part of fitting in and job success.

There are consequences for relationships, reputations and careers, for those who speak up, so people stay silent, laugh it off or pretend it doesn’t bother them.

We recognise that perhaps the intent is not malicious. But we have to get better at responding to behaviour that is unhelpful and excludes people. And we need to own what we say and take full responsibility for the consequences of our words and conduct. The same goes for our silence and inaction. And we're also discussing the fear in men now afraid of making mistakes - this is very real.

It's not an easy topic, but it's a great one for the Men Championing Change group to get out in the open and talk about. And more than that, hack some solutions to take back to our teams and help make better work environments for everyone.

We're fortunate to have the Andrew Brydon (https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewbrydon), Distinguished Engineer at NAB, joining us to run the session.

Get ready to be involved on this one!

We'll be hosted by Mantel Group which was established in 2017 with a purpose to develop, accelerate and scale businesses that utilise technology to make a positive contribution to their market.
Mantel Group’s portfolio of businesses is already over 250 people strong and has four diverse brands including: DigIO – a digital services consultancy, Eliiza – a Data Science company that offers AI and Machine learning solutions, Kasna – Australia’s premier Google solutions partner, covering all Google products from the cloud to the end-user device, CMD Solutions - A born in the cloud consultancy focused on AWS.

Food will be provided on the night. Please let us know of any particular dietary requirements and we'll do our best.