Status of Women 2021

Episode summary: In the last five years, women have been making strides from business to politics and the global pandemic threatens to halt women’s progress. In March 2021, Project Good interviewed Sharmili Majmudar, Executive Vice President of Policy and Organizational Impact at Women Employed which is an advocacy organization for women in the workplace. The organization since 1973, works with individuals, employers, educators, and policymakers to address the challenges women face in their jobs every day, and to ensure all women can attain the skills they need for the jobs they want.

Topics discussed in this episode:

- Economic Downturn and Pandemic [6:30]

- Childcare and Women [7:54]

- Employers and Women [9:08]

- Childcare and Women [7:54]

Quote:

“Workplaces are designed around men who are the solo breadwinners in the household who do not have caregiving responsibilities and that isn’t the world we live in today. Huge percentages of women are either co-breadwinner or primary breadwinner in their household.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

National Women’s Law Center

Pew Research Gender and Caregiving

Pew Research Center survey

One Fair Wage

https://statusofwomendata.org/

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