Villanova University/for PhillyVoice
Over the past several decades, women have made significant progress in
academic achievements as well as their representation in the paid
workforce. Sadly, the global COVID-19 pandemic has had a major negative
impact on all the progress that had been made and we saw women leave the
workforce in staggering numbers. What it demonstrated was that there were
still significant cracks in the system. The Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership at Villanova University was founded just over three
years ago with a mission to promote gender equity and advance women in
leadership roles through research and scholarship.