Why thought leadership needs gender balance
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:34 am
Businesses are gradually realising that, alongside climate change and the future of work, gender balance needs to be a core topic of their thought leadership campaigns. They now know that it costs more to stay silent.
Here, two members of our editorial team tell us what has changed for women, and how we at FT Longitude are trying to do our bit for gender equality.
The pandemic has negatively affected women at work
Deloitte’s Women @ Work campaign lifted the lid on gender equality in the workplace. Not only did it prove that the pandemic had a significant negative impact on women and their position at work, but it also highlighted the fragility of existing gender equality frameworks in even the most progressive of companies.
The survey asked 5,000 women about jamaica mobile phone numbers database how the pandemic has affected their career progress, work-life balance and mental wellbeing. Crucially, it also asked them what steps their employers had taken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on their careers and personal lives.
The results were striking. The data shows that 51% of women feel less optimistic about their career prospects today than they did before the pandemic. And while 68% of women say that their mental wellbeing was good or very good before Covid-19, just 33% say that this is the case today.
Workplace discrimination persists
The research also shows that discrimination persists even in a remote working environment: 52% of the women say that they had experienced some form of harassment or microaggression in the past year.
Women in minority groups are more likely to report lower levels of wellbeing and job satisfaction, and higher levels microaggressions, which highlights the importance of taking an intersectional approach to gender equality.
Here, two members of our editorial team tell us what has changed for women, and how we at FT Longitude are trying to do our bit for gender equality.
The pandemic has negatively affected women at work
Deloitte’s Women @ Work campaign lifted the lid on gender equality in the workplace. Not only did it prove that the pandemic had a significant negative impact on women and their position at work, but it also highlighted the fragility of existing gender equality frameworks in even the most progressive of companies.
The survey asked 5,000 women about jamaica mobile phone numbers database how the pandemic has affected their career progress, work-life balance and mental wellbeing. Crucially, it also asked them what steps their employers had taken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on their careers and personal lives.
The results were striking. The data shows that 51% of women feel less optimistic about their career prospects today than they did before the pandemic. And while 68% of women say that their mental wellbeing was good or very good before Covid-19, just 33% say that this is the case today.
Workplace discrimination persists
The research also shows that discrimination persists even in a remote working environment: 52% of the women say that they had experienced some form of harassment or microaggression in the past year.
Women in minority groups are more likely to report lower levels of wellbeing and job satisfaction, and higher levels microaggressions, which highlights the importance of taking an intersectional approach to gender equality.