About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of mentorship for women and explores five reasons why they need it.

63% of women have never had a formal mentor. The Pew Research Center in 2019, revealed that employees who undergo mentoring programs are employed in five times higher positions than their colleagues wholack mentorship. It further revealed that only 6 percent of Fortune 500 companies have a woman as CEO and these are women who had access to a mentor or a mentorship program. Why then do women miss out on this crucial relationship? On this episode of the program, I delved into 5 strong reasons why women need mentorship and its benefits to the mentee as well as the mentor. Please share your views on the topic. I'd love to hear from you.

People in this episode

Host: Edidiong Idang

Topics covered

• mentorship
• women empowerment
• career development
• gender equality
• professional growth

Keywords

• mentorship
• women
• career
• Pew Research Center
• Fortune 500
• CEO
• professional development
• gender disparity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pew Research Center, Fortune 500

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