XR Women announces their “Ready for Your Manel” campaign.  “Ready for Your Manel” is a social media campaign intended to increase diversity on conference panels. 

Women represent 50% of the global population. Women are expected to control $43 trillion of global consumer spending in 2021.  There will be 100 million more women in the global labor force by 2030. 

However, all-male panels, or “manels,” remain the norm at conferences.   XR women aims to end the epidemic of the manel by raising awareness with their “Ready for Your Manel” campaign. 

Inspired by the Guerrilla Girls’ (https://www.guerrillagirls.com), who have used subversive humor to diversify the art world since the 1980’s, XR women has created a tongue-in-cheek campaign where women “disguise” themselves as men to gain places on panels. 

With the “Ready for Your Manel” campaign XR Women is asking women to:

1. Take a photo of yourself or your avatar

1. Draw on your man disguise

1. Write a short statement about your qualifications

1. Post on social media

2. Tag a conference or producer who needs to hear this message

3. Tag @XRWomenGlobal

4. Tag 1 or more women working in XR

5. Use the hashtags - #ReadyForYourManel, #NoMoreManels #XRWomen

For more information go to www.xrwomen.com 

XR Women was established in 2020 as a way to connect, educate, and support women and allies who are making waves in Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality. A year later, XR Women is one of the most active, far reaching women’s organizations within the industry. Our membership and team continues to grow and we are honored to host an inclusive space for all in the metaverse.