The fact that women’s careers took a massive hit during the pandemic—one disproportionate to their male peers—is, at this point, a widely documented and well-understood phenomenon. Women statistically shoulder the brunt of childcare responsibilities, are more likely to work in part-time roles, and account for the majority of non-leadership-level workers in hospitality and tourism (industries devastated by COVID-19 lockdowns). Because of the loss of millions of women from the workforce, analysts spoke of women “losing a generation.” Forbes reported that the amount of time that it would take to equalize the gender gap grew from 99.5 years to 135.6 years in the first 12 months of the pandemic. In other words, it would take 36 more years to reach equality—roughly the same amount of loss as the gains made by a generation of working women.

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