The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn has disproportionately impacted women - particularly women of color - more than any other demographic. How are leaders working to support women - who frequently serve as essential workers and caregivers - in the midst of these continuing challenges?

In Leaders Moving Business Forward, we feature innovative executives who are leading the way to a brighter future.

In this two-part episode, Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), discusses how the NWLC is working to proactively support women in the face of the "she-cession" and care crisis, and how the NWLC is working to enhance racial equity within its own ranks.

UPLIFTING WOMEN FROM A FOUNDATION OF CARE

Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center discusses the pandemic’s outsized impact on women – particularly women of color – and how a national foundation for care enhances women’s ability to work and the economy as a whole.

WALKING THE WALK OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center
discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion at the leadership level and shares how the NWLC is taking steps to improve D&I in its own ranks.