Grameenphone vows to break existing biases at workplace

Grameenphone has celebrated International Women's Day by organizing an event on Tuesday at GP House marking the Global theme, "Break the Bias." 

According to the findings of a study by the United Nations, almost 90% of humans are biased in any form. Taking a cue from this, Grameenphone has celebrated the day reflecting on its organization, continuing dialogue with its employees and instilling bias-free organizational culture across the value chain, said a press release.

Grameenphone is already promoting the idea of a bias-free workplace where a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace for all is inspired. 

With that in mind, Grameenphone has done extensive research; the study findings say seven workplace biases against women need to be addressed and eradicated. 

Gender overshadows performance, women don't earn for a living - they earn for luxury, sales & tech is a masculine field, women cannot be top leaders, women are good at a desk job, women cannot handle difficult tasks/projects, and women become less competent after marriage/maternity leave are just a few of the biases.

Yasir Azman, CEO, Grameenphone, said on this occasion, "This is the right time to break all kinds of bias against women because we need to march forward to a future that will be diverse and sustainable. At Grameenphone, we always focus on ensuring a discrimination-free and inclusive working environment for our female colleagues.”

“To take another step towards a gender-equal workplace, we have sorted out seven biases against women, which we will work on in the coming days. We believe we can break free from all these biases if we work together."   

The panelists also highlighted what can be done to address these biases and ensure a bias-free workplace for all. 

Yasir Azman, CEO, Grameenphone; Sajjad Hasib, Chief Marketing Officer; Jens Baker Chief Financial Officer, Hossain Sadat, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (acting), Syed Tanvir Husain, Chief Human Resources Officer, Grameenphone and other high officials of Grameenphone attended the event and expressed their views. 

The attendees vowed to break the existing biases prevalent at Grameenphone and create a more equitable workplace for women.