#36 - COVID-19 Pandemic: Where Women Go From Here with Caroline Fairchild

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women and triggered the “she-cession.” In the US alone, women lost 5 million jobs, with 80% of jobs lost in government, retail, education & health services, and leisure & hospitality. Where will women in the workforce and the fight to close the gender wealth gap go from here? In this episode, LinkedIn Editor at Large Caroline Fairchild, who covers the future of work and diversity in the workplace, joins us to share insights from the last year, including the outlook for women’s economic recovery. 

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Bio: Caroline Fairchild is an award-winning journalist and now Editor at Large at LinkedIn News. She reports on the prominent voices, trends and issues facing the future of work and diversity in the workplace. She is the host of LinkedIn News Live, the first daily live show on the state of business she developed for the LinkedIn News team. She is also the writer of Working Together, one of the ten most popular newsletters on LinkedIn on how the workplace is changing in a digital and diverse age. A member of the board of visitors for Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, she is a sought-after workplace and diversity expert in media such at CBS This Morning, CNBC, CNN and Yahoo! Finance. She also frequently presents on building equitable workplaces to teams within Fortune 500 companies. Learn more at carolinefairchild.com or by following her on LinkedIn and Twitter.