Femme Forward: Speaking the truth as a biracial woman of color
Current’s Brittney Thomas continues PRWeek’s series of perspectives from women in PR facing the professional and personal challenges of surviving the pandemic.
by Brittney Thomas
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Femme Forward: The wheels on the bus are off
In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, Zeno’s EVP, deputy head of NY consumer Jackie Cox Battles kicks off PRWeek’s series of perspectives from women in PR facing the professional and personal challenges of surviving the pandemic.
by Jackie Cox Battles
Zeno s Jackie Cox Battles at her work station (aka kitchen table) with 10-year-old stepdaughter Avery, 5-year-old twins Olney and Marty and 17-month-old Henry.
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This last year has been tough for everyone as the impact of COVID-19 invades everyone’s lives, but recent data show it has been toughest for women especially moms.
More than 4.6 million women have lost their jobs since the beginning of the pandemic, almost a third of them aged between 25 and 44. Most of them cited childcare as the reason they had to leave work.
A LeanIn.org/McKinsey Women in the Workplace Report released last September showed coronavirus is rolling back the significant gains of women in the workplace achieved in the past few years.
The study of 317 companies representing over 12 million workers found one in every four women were considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce because of the pandemic. Around three in four senior-level women surveyed said “burnout” was the reason.