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While work from home (WFH) has its own benefits, the stress of multi-tasking switching identities every 15 minutes from a professional to a mother or daughter-in-law or wife has been very hard on women.
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Seven in 10 working women and working mothers in India felt managing family responsibilities came in the way of career development during the ongoing pandemic.
“Please let me work from the office, even if only for a couple of hours every day.” Sheila Murthy, a mid-ranking professional at a Mumbai-based finance firm who is now working from home, recently requested her reporting head.
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That women have been badly hit by the pandemic is well known. Working from home and increased familial responsibilities have led to a change in the status quo of women in the workforce today.
According to the
LinkedIn Opportunity Index released recently, women have been disproportionately impacted amid COVID-19, and the expectations to juggle home and work life have wreaked havoc in their lives.
Published March 3, 2021, 10:34 AM
The Philippines registered a below-average market confidence as Filipinos see fewer opportunities and more difficult barriers, reversing the previous surveys as one of the most optimistic markets in the Asia Pacific, according to the latest survey of LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network.
The LinkedIn Opportunity Index is an annual composite measure that seeks to understand how people perceive opportunities and the gaps that stand in the way of achieving them. This year’s research looks at the impact of the pandemic on Filipinos’ access to opportunities. More importantly, it spotlights the gender gaps that continue to exist in the workplace, and how these affect women’s opportunities for career development.