Invisible Women

Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

By: Caroline Criado-Perez

Narrated by: Caroline Criado Perez

Brought to you by Penguin.

The audiobook edition of Invisible Women, read by Caroline Criado Perez.

**Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2019**
**Winner of the Readers' Choice Books Are My Bag Award 2019**
**Winner of the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2019 Book of the Year Award 2019**
**The Times Current Affairs Book of the Year 2019**

Imagine a world where...
· Your phone is too big for your hand
· Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body
· In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured.

If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you're a woman.

From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, and the media. Invisible Women reveals how in a world built for and by men we are systematically ignoring half of the population, often with disastrous consequences. Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the profound impact this has on us all.

Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives.

©2019 Caroline Criado Perez (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

Revelatory – it should be required reading for policy and decision makers everywhere (Nicola Sturgeon)

HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things – a monumental piece of research (Caitlin Moran)

Revelatory, frightening, hopeful. A secular Bible (Jeanette Winterson)

This book is a devastating indictment of institutionalised complacency and a rallying cry to fight back… Invisible Women should propel women into action. It should also be compulsory reading for men (Christina Patterson)

Invisible Women takes on the neglected topic of what we don't know - and why. The result is a powerful, important and eye-opening analysis of the gender politics of knowledge and ignorance. With examples from technology to natural disasters, this is an original and timely reminder of why we need women in the leadership of the institutions that shape every aspect of our lives. (Cordelia Fine)

This book is a feminist beam of light!

So enlightening! This book should be a must read for all. The feminist cause is the oldest and most fragile one at the same time but it's authors like this that give me hope in a better future for women.

Everyone should listen to it!

It should be an obligatory position at schools. It brings up topics usually forgotten not only by men but also by women, simply because „it is how it is”. Very important and valuable position.

Shed your ignorance, whether you’re male or female

If you are male or female and can’t wrap your mind around why women fight for more rights or attention, or why equal representation of the sexes is important to achieve and not just allow, this book will fill the gaps. The data, and the lack of data, that it points to leaves me overwhelmed at the lack of progress and systemic unconscious bias that has shaped my life and continues to shape all of our lives (yes even in progressive Sweden or Denmark). Read and shed your ignorance. Start to understand he role you can play in achieving equality, not just neutrality.

Invisible woman are a must read for a man or a woman

Invisible woman describe historical injustice made over woman with an logical way of thinking providing many examples from the size of phones to the running of economy. It’s definitely a must read for both men and women. Besides our times are changing which is a perfect opportunity to broaden your spectrum of the world and your position in it. Backed up by data we can change our world little by little as long as we understand our position in it and why it has been that way.

A must for students

As a designer, I'm so happy that I lissened to this book! This is something I will always ceep in mind whenever designing things based on old data. It's time for us to wake up and see women.

loved it

loved the book, an easy read. must read for feminists practicing evidence based activism.
the book is well researched.

Eye opener

50% of the population has been systematically neglected. If we want a better world, we need to make it better for women.
I learned a lot with this broad display of statistics but much more by the deep insights of the author whom is capable of seeing beyond the absence of dissagregated data on women.

Relevant in the age of AI and big data

Although some of the references are a couple years out of date the overarching theme and discussion is familiar if you are a woman and frightening. Given the world move towards AI and people’s ability to take for granted that what they read is the truth, this book drives home a huge potential issue for our futures if not addressed.

Concise and catchy

A solid overview on the data gap issue. A tough topic made easily digestible with concrete examples and clear language. Keeps you interested and focused throughout.

Anyone who cares about gender equality should read this book

...one can only hope this includes industry experts, leaders and policy makers.

And women. All lot of them.