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Caroline Criado Perez is a British author, journalist, and activist known for her work on gender equality and women's representation. She gained prominence for her campaign to feature women on British banknotes and has received multiple awards for her contributions to gender issues.

Known for: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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Invisible Women reveals how data bias in design and decision-making systematically disadvantages women. Drawing on extensive research and case studies, Caroline Criado Perez demonstrates how the gender data gap affects women’s safety, health, and economic opportunities across fields such as medicine, urban planning, and technology. The book calls for more inclusive data systems to achieve genuine gender equality.

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The Everyday Invisibility of Women

Each morning, when we step into public spaces, we rarely realize that streets, transit systems, and lighting have all been designed around the rhythms of men’s lives. Urban planning models are often based on a so-called 'average person,' but that person is almost always a man—with fixed work hours, ...

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Work, Labor, and the Economy

In the global economy, women’s labor remains profoundly undervalued. Whether it’s unpaid caregiving at home or underacknowledged contributions in the workplace, statistics rarely capture the full scope of women’s economic participation. Many nations’ GDP calculations exclude unpaid labor such as chi...

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About Caroline Criado Perez

Caroline Criado Perez is a British author, journalist, and activist known for her work on gender equality and women's representation. She gained prominence for her campaign to feature women on British banknotes and has received multiple awards for her contributions to gender issues.

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