With the news of Amazon’s failed automated hiring tool followed by staged Google walkouts to protest the company’s treatment of women, reaching gender equity in the workplace has been a slow and challenging progression. In fact, The World Economic Forum’s annual Gender Gap Report found that it’s expected to take another 202 years to achieve gender parity in economic empowerment.
However, as women continue to break barriers and more businesses, organizations and leaders become more committed to achieving gender equity, there are some bright spots to look forward to in 2019.