The Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance has opened its 2021 Accounting MOVE Project Survey.
The annual poll, which asks public accounting firms to submit data on female representation and leadership in their businesses, will focus this year on the "women’s recession” of 2020, in which the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the careers of at least 3 million women, according to the organization.
With a theme of "Permanent Progress from Pandemic Pivots,” the 2021 Accounting MOVE Project will coincide with the opening day of the Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance annual conference on Oct. 18, 2021. AFWA is the association partner for the MOVE Project.
“The resilience and creativity of women in crisis is a testimony to being able to balance career and family during a pandemic,” said Cindy Stanley, executive director of the Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance, in a statement. “It will be a time of recovery and renewed optimism for women in the fields of accounting and finance.”
In addition to the October conference, the group is also planning a half-day summit on June 23. "It's time for the 'women's recession’ to turn into the women's recovery,” said Joanne Cleaver, president of Wilson-Taylor Associates, the content and editorial services firm that designs and manages the MOVE Project, in a statement. "We'll be helping firms immediately with a June 23 half-day summit to bring them fresh ideas they can use to bring back women who stepped way, and to reengage women who put their career ambitions on pause."
Firms of all sizes are encouraged to participate in the survey. Registration is open on
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