Summary: <p>We are almost to 2023, and we’re still having conversations about how to make gender equity happen. In the U.S., women represent 48% of the entry-level workforce; <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-in-the-workplace"><u>but only 24% of C-suite executives</u></a>. Men are promoted at a rate of<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2022/10/18/the-great-breakup-and-why-women-leaders-are-leaving-companies-at-higher-rates/?sh=72ded31e43d7"><u> 21% more than women</u></a>. We still have a <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2022/03/14/what-equal-pay-day-2022-data-is-and-is-not-telling-us/?sh=78510884332b"><u>gender and racial pay gap</u></a> and a motherhood penalty.</p> <p>Yet closing the gender gap is not only the right thing to do; <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/closing-gender-gap-among-entrepreneurs-may-add-2-to-global-gdp?leadSource=uverify%20wall"><u>it’s good for the economy</u></a> and would increase the U.S. GDP by $3.1 trillion.</p> <p>In this episode of <a href="https://consciouslyunbiased.com/library/"><u>Breaking the Bias</u></a>, Consciously Unbiased founder <a href="https://consciouslyunbiased.com/about-us/"><u>Ashish Kaushal</u></a> sits down with <a href="https://www.katicaroy.com/about"><u>Katica Roy</u></a>, a gender economist and founder of <a href="https://info.pipelineequity.com/product"><u>Pipeline</u></a>, a company that uses analytics to quantify <a href="https://consciouslyunbiased.com/6-examples-of-unconsious-bias-in-the-workplace-2-2/"><u>unconscious bias within an organization</u></a>. Katica also has an extraordinary story as the daughter of a refugee and immigrant on why she is so passionate about advancing equity.</p> <p>They cover everything from the difference between equality and equity, how gender equity helps men too, and whether salary transparency policies are truly effective.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/consciously-unbiased/message
