Game plan for economic recovery
Greenwich nonprofit “Girls With Impact” released a game plan for putting Connecticut”™s women back on a path to post-pandemic economic security. Titled “A Post-Covid Economic Recovery for Connecticut”™s Women,” the report revealed that women have been four times more likely on a national level to have left the workforce compared to men.
Jennifer Openshaw, CEO of Girls With Impact, said “Connecticut”™s women have shouldered the burden of Covid”™s economic destruction. By creating a thoughtful post-Covid economic recovery plan, we can put Connecticut”™s women on a path to long-term economic stability ”“ and at the same time, benefit this great state and its employers.”
This is the latest endeavor by Girls With Impact, which runs a 10-week, afterschool business and leadership academy course for women ages 14-24 that is designed to grow entrepreneurial endeavors from ideation to a business plan and venture pitch while assisting women in improving their confidence, leadership skills, college readiness and professional capacities for success.
For more, visit https://www.jlgreenwich.org/impact-your-world/
