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May 26, 2026 13:31
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Any discussion of culture and gender bias in mediation would be
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incomplete without addressing its threshold impact on mediator selection.
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Unfortunately,
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industry demographics belie a shameful truth.
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Just as women and minorities continue to be underrepresented
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in other white -collar professions such as law,
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women and persons of color are also underrepresented in the mediation
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profession.
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This is particularly true as one drills down on available statistics and
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moves away from certain types of mediation where women are disproportionately represented,
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such as community mediation and family law.
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In one informal diversity survey of San Francisco
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Bay Area mediation providers,
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only one of the 22 groups surveyed responded
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that their mediators were predominantly female.
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And while almost 50 % of the Bay Area's population
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is identified as non -white,
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Fewer than 15 % of mediators self -identify as people
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of color.
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One survey responder suggested that these statistics reflected
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the long tail of historical under -representation of women in
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the law.
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While the sampling size of this survey is admittedly small and
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geographically limited,
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one should not overlook its important message.
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In an increasingly diverse world involving disputes
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without borders,
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the mediation profession needs to better mirror that diversity.
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