3 women’s wellness issues any workplace can tackle

According to the World Economic Forum, gender equality has suffered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, so much that it will now take an estimated 135.6 years to close the worldwide gender gap—a growth of 36 years in a 12-month span—to achieve parity in economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political participation. Against that backdrop, International Women’s Day chose #BreakTheBias as the 2022 theme to serve as a call to action for equality and a celebration of women’s successes.

Here are three workplace wellness topics to consider on International Women’s Day and beyond.

1. Create a supportive work environment for women.

Support comes in many forms, big and small. Not every company will be able to offer child care or caregiving assistance—though both of those loads fall more on women than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic—but offering flexibility and leading with empathy are doable for most.