Laura Bates
Empower your organization with Laura Bates, BEM-awarded author and global expert on tackling workplace gender inequality.
Why book Laura Bates for your next event
- Founder of the globally acclaimed Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates has sparked a worldwide movement that has informed policies, transformed institutions, and empowered millions to challenge inequality, making her keynotes a catalyst for lasting organizational change.
- As a trusted advisor to institutions such as the United Nations, Council of Europe, and UK government bodies, Laura Bates delivers high-level expertise to help organizations align with global standards for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- With best-selling books like Everyday Sexism and Fix the System, Not the Women, Laura Bates influences both public discourse and corporate policy, equipping audiences with a deeper understanding of systemic barriers, and how to dismantle them.
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Everyday Sexism: The Hidden Cost to Your Organization
Laura Bates, award-winning author and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, delivers powerful, high-impact keynotes that help organizations confront gender bias, build inclusive cultures, and implement lasting change. Trusted by the UN, global corporations, and national governments, she equips leaders and teams with the tools to move from awareness to action. With proven expertise and real-world influence, her talks inspire transformation at every level of your organization.
Keynote Speaker Laura Bates is internationally recognized for her pioneering work in gender equality and systemic change. As the founder of the ground-breaking Everyday Sexism Project and a best-selling author of titles like Fix the System, Not the Women, she has become a leading voice in tackling bias, discrimination, and inequality across industries and institutions.
With a proven track record advising global organizations, from the United Nations and Council of Europe to multinational corporations, Laura Bates brings unparalleled expertise to the stage. Her keynotes are not only thought-provoking but also highly practical, equipping business leaders, HR professionals, and teams with the tools needed to create safer, more inclusive workplaces.
Whether addressing systemic barriers, unconscious bias, or workplace harassment, Keynote Speaker Laura Bates translates complex societal issues into actionable strategies that drive cultural transformation. Her insights are trusted by schools, police forces, governments, and Fortune 500 companies alike.
Known for her clarity, credibility, and passion, Laura’s keynotes spark meaningful dialogue and deliver measurable impact.
Book Laura Bates for your event to inspire your organization with a powerful, data-backed message on equality, leadership, and change. Her sessions offer not just awareness, but real-world solutions that align with your business values and goals.
Keynotes
Keynote by Laura Bates:
Workplace Equality
Starting with a contextual framework of the wider picture of gender inequality across politics, media, STEM, culture and the scale of violence against women in our society, before zooming in to look at how these issues manifest themselves uniquely within the workplace.
Exploring the complexity of workplace harassment and discrimination, the ways it intersects with other forms of prejudice such as racism and homophobia and the barriers to reporting. Highlighting the business case for tackling the problem and suggesting robust and actionable solutions from both an organisational and individual perspective.
Keynote by Laura Bates:
Everyday Sexism at School
Exploring the reality of gender inequality across our society and looking at the ways in which it manifests itself in young peoples’ lives. Tackling issues such as intersecting injustice, media sexism, political inequality, gender stereotypes and sexual consent.
Examining questions like ‘what is sexual harassment?’ Looking at how young people can play a vital role in creating a more equal future. As well as talks for students Laura also offers training for teachers and talks for parents.
Keynote by Laura Bates:
Incels & extremist misogyny
A journey inside the secretive online world of the ‘manosphere’, lifting the lid on over 2 years of undercover research, infiltrating communities from incels and men’s rights activists to pickup artists and ‘men going their own way’.
A comprehensive overview of this little-understood form of extremism, including close examination of radicalisation and recruitment techniques, particularly impacting vulnerable young people, and some of the ways in which teachers, parents and law enforcement can recognise potential red flags and play a positive role in supporting young people who might be at risk.
Keynote by Laura Bates:
Male Allyship
Workshops focused on what men can do to help. Against a broader backdrop of societal gender imbalance, exploring the ways in which stereotypes and expectations present challenges to men as well as women and deconstructing some of the myths and misconceptions that might prevent men from being part of positive change.
An active look at practical, positive action male allies can take to shift stereotypes, support survivors and create change in their own sphere.
Laura Bates Speaking Highlight
Watch Laura Bates in action!
Sexism and Solidarity Beyond Borders: Laura Bates at TEDxEastEnd
Watch Laura Bates in action!
How men get trapped in the manosphere | Laura Bates at #AllAboutWomen
Watch Laura Bates in action!
