We still have further to go to achieve gender equality for women lawyers globally
There is an abundance of talented and inspirational individuals in the tax sector. However, despite widespread awareness of gender inequality and some fantastic groups and events designed for women in tax, many women find that some form of the glass ceiling still exists. Women who are successful during their early career are often unable to progress beyond the senior manager level because of personal priorities.
The remote working conditions required because of the COVID-19 pandemic have shifted traditional gender roles faster than many expected, but the health crisis has also had a negative effect on women in the workplace. McKinsey found that women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable to the crisis than men’s jobs and that women make up 54% of redundancies despite accounting for only 39% of global employment.
Feb 19, 2021
SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras, left, talks with North Country Community College President Joe Keegan, right, and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sarah Maroun in the collegeâs Connector on the Saranac Lake campus on Monday, Feb. 8.
(Photo provided) SARANAC LAKE State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras visited North Country Community College’s Saranac Lake campus Monday, Feb. 8 as the college began testing of students, faculty and staff some of whom started on-campus classes this Tuesday. North Country began the spring semester Feb. 1 with the first two weeks of classes entirely remote. Most instruction will remain remote, but starting Tuesday, a limited number of North Country students primarily those in the practical nursing, radiologic technology and massage therapy programs are able to attend in-person classes.