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.

© Caroline Criado Perez 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

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)

Invisible Women is a game-changer; an uncompromising blitz of facts, sad, mad, bad and funny, making an unanswerable case and doing so brilliantly…the ambition and scope – and sheer originality – of Invisible Women is huge; no less than the story of what happens when we forget to account for half of humanity. It should be on every policymaker, politician and manager’s shelves (Melanie Reid)

Hugely readable, packed with facts and insight. An important book written with humour and flair (Robert Webb)

Here are the facts! Caroline Criado Perez shines her penetrating gaze on the absence of women from the creation of most societal norms – from algorithms to medicinal doses to government policy. Knowledge is power – we all need to know how our systems work if we want change. Arm yourself with this book and press it into the hands of everyone you know. It is utterly brilliant! (Helena Kennedy)

A blisteringly good book... never less than eye-opening, and frequently staggering

It’s a smart strategy to invite readers to view [a] timeworn topic through the revealing lens of data, bringing to light the hidden places where inequality still resides... Criado Perez wields data like a laser, slicing cleanly through the fog of unconscious and unthinking preferences.

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.

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.