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What Covid Has Taught Us About Empowering Women In The Workforce: Female Leaders At Nokia, Microsoft, For The People And CIBC Weigh In



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By Vanessa Akhtar & Kathy GerschMany women, including female executives, have been overwhelmed by the need to take care of family at home while continuing to manage their professional responsibilities, and somehow trying to find time for their own self-care. This has been exacerbated for working mothers, as the pandemic has forced parents to choose between their jobs and stepping into full-time childcare responsibilities.

In fact, a March 2021 U.S. Census Bureau population survey found that 80% of those who left the workforce since the Covid-19 pandemic began were women. A recent McKinsey study also confirmed that one in four women have …

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