Reshma Saujani, CEO of Girls Who Code, On Why We Need a Marshall Plan For Moms




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Summary: <p>Are we going backwards on gender equality in the Covid economy? <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2020/10/30/492582/covid-19-sent-womens-workforce-progress-backward/"><u>Four times as many women as men</u></a> dropped out of the labor force during the pandemic, which is roughly 865,000 women, compared with 216,000 men. In fact, <a href="https://womenintheworkplace.com/"><u>one in four women</u></a> are considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce due to COVID-19. <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/covid-response-center/leadership-mindsets/webinars/women-in-the-workplace-2020-progress-toward-gender-equality"><u>Years of gradual advancement</u></a> of gender equality and gender diversity in the workplace may be at risk as the pandemic continues to push women out of the workforce.</p> <p>In this episode of <a href="https://www.consciouslyunbiased.com/listen">Breaking the Bias</a>, Holly Corbett, the Director of Content for Consciously Unbiased, (virtually) sits down with <a href="https://reshmasaujani.com/about/"><u>Reshma Saujani,</u></a> CEO of Girls Who Code, and author of <a href="https://www.bravenotperfect.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAjeSABhAPEiwAqfxURV_lSNsEF68jfb3gd6oIIXXvhY0UXJrL5qFRWUP9Tf0DqvvbNGHAbxoCwbQQAvD_BwE"><u><em>Brave, Not Perfect</em></u></a>. Reshma proposed the solution that we should treat mothers as essential workers and pay them for their labor in an open letter in the <em>New York Times</em>, calling on the Biden Administration to build a task force dedicated to creating a "<a href="https://www.marshallplanformoms.com/"><u>Marshall Plan for Moms</u></a>." The letter was signed by 50 women, including Tarana Burke, Eva Longoria, Amy Schumer, and Whitney Wolfe Herd.</p> <p>Reshma shares some reasons why women are leaving work at higher rates than men, as well as a solution for bringing women back to work. </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/consciously-unbiased/message