{"id":2061,"date":"2022-03-08T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:45:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:45:50","slug":"international-womens-day-2022-break-the-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/2022\/03\/08\/international-womens-day-2022-break-the-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day 2022: Break the Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 data-blogtitle=\"\">Women in Translation: how to read the world differently<\/h1>\n<p>This International Women&#8217;s Day I wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/blogs\/literary\/women-in-translation-how-to-read-the-world-differently\">guest post for the Pan MacMillan publishing house<\/a>, looking at the relative paucity of women writers in translation, and what we can do to break the bias.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2067\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2022\/03\/Women-in-Translation-Header-LIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2022\/03\/Women-in-Translation-Header-LIT.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2022\/03\/Women-in-Translation-Header-LIT-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2022\/03\/Women-in-Translation-Header-LIT-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2022\/03\/Women-in-Translation-Header-LIT-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translatingwomen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2022\/03\/Women-in-Translation-Header-LIT-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I talk about the problem of unconscious bias, and particularly the issues that occur when we think we have done something to promote diversity and inclusivity, so are too quick to celebrate the &#8220;small wins&#8221;, leaving the false impression that the work is done, and so further marginalising certain writers and social groups. 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