Summary: <p>There is a massive female recession taking place that could set us back by decades. From this <a href="http://salon.com/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8IbVmmdPNStLWJdsBUqINh5y1B12Oof2FOg_m9H8rZKJhVkBnLyBmpokiBq-V3chpO7yy8" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Salon.com</a> article: "According to the Women in the Workplace report, one in four women are thinking of either leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers... a recent study by Qualtrics and theBoardlist found that only 9 percent of women have received a promotion while working remotely with children at home, compared to 34 percent of men. The same study found that 26 percent of men with children at home received a pay raise; only 13 percent of women with children at home reported getting a raise. In other words, the pandemic is not merely bad for women's progress — it's setting back gender equality."</p> <p><a href="https://shesummit.com/messages/did-you-know-865000-women-left-the-workforce-in-september?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8IbVmmdPNStLWJdsBUqINh5y1B12Oof2FOg_m9H8rZKJhVkBnLyBmpokiBq-V3chpO7yy8" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Here's a message for both employers and employees - we have an unprecedented opportunity to co-create a new system of working that actually makes gender equality in the workplace work. </strong></a></p>
