3 women’s wellness issues any workplace can tackle

On International Women’s Day 2022, the gender gap has grown due to the pandemic, but workplaces can make a difference.

Kacey Larsen

March 8, 2022

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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.

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1. Create a supportive work environment for women.

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