Does equal treatment in the workplace equal a fair environment for all? We’ll discuss why gender equity is paramount to progressing women in the workplace and what to consider when looking at gender equity in your own organization.

Allison Conkright Engel is the Senior Director of Women’s Market Strategy at Northwestern Mutual. With 20 years of driven innovation across media, tech and finance, Allison has focused on gender equity in historically male-dominated industries. With proven success in this space as an intrapreneur, Allison has rolled out global programs across North and South America, EMEA and APJ.

Participants will:

1. Equality, Equity, Empowerment and Parity

Learn the difference between equality, equity, empowerment and parity. What's the distinction?

2. A closer look at gender equity

The world is making progress on advancing gender equality. But there is still nowhere on earth where women are equal to men. Let's dig deeper to understand where the issue lies.

3. How to respond to gender equity within your organization

From health and education to labor and income, women and girls worldwide face barriers to achieving their potential simply because of their gender. Receive a construct for looking at gender equity within your company.

4. Connect the benefits of equitable environments to business goals

Studies have found a positive correlation between gender diversity on executive teams and key measures of financial performance: operating margin and longer-term value creation, as measured using an economic-profit margin. This is likely why measuring diversity is now becoming a key financial metric that investors and analysts assess when making investment decisions.