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Podcast: Women in IP delve into COVID-19 career challenges
Counsel from IBM, Mars and Passion Pictures discuss the effects of the pandemic and offer advice to employers on how to help women progress in their careers
To celebrate Women’s History Month, reporter Charlotte
Kilpatrick invited three UK-based in-house counsel to share their experiences
of how COVID-19 has affected their careers.
Anita Shaw, patent attorney at IBM; Amira Mukhtar, counsel
at Mars; and Kelly Jean Williams, head of legal affairs at animation company Passion
Pictures, discussed topics such as how employers can support women who are
juggling a full-time job as well as home schooling and other care-giving roles.
The podcast also touched on how best to encourage young
women to study STEM subjects, as well as why diversity and inclusion is important
in the legal profession.
To listen to the podcast, click the link below
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