Businesses need to ensure they are taking an active role in creating an equal environment for women at work. For years, women have faced inequality in position, pay, and even power, regardless of their job title. Not being able to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts is not only demotivating and disempowering, but can also lower employee morale.

Organisations need to be recognising and transforming the way they approach inequality, from changing the way they hire and promote their workforce all the way to addressing the underlying issues causing discrepancies. And the onus isn’t just with senior leadership to push this narrative, but also for every single employee to act accordingly.

“Building a solid foundation where all employees act with compassion, empathy, and consideration towards the issues affecting women is key for companies to gain the trust of their female workforce. This can look like chat together sessions for employees to raise awareness about the issues they care about, guest speakers to get external ideas and thoughts, and providing more support overall.

“Embedding this into the company ensures equality flows throughout the company. Creating a trusting and inclusive work environment should be seen as an essential across all organisations. Women employees feeling empowered and recognised within company culture sets a positive tone and creates a strong support system for the rest of the female workforce, no matter how senior they are.

Simply put, equality is everyone’s responsibility.