What women want: time, health equity and line roles

At EVEN, we know women want want careers on their own terms, and they want development that works for them. Women also want more time, health equity and leadership roles. 

It’s time to listen to women and what they want. Women are fed up, it’s time to get EVEN and make the changes women deserve.

Women want more time

Equity starts at home. Women still carry the invisible weight of household and caregiving responsibilities. On average, mothers report being responsible for around 73% of all cognitive household labour. The planning, organising, and anticipating that keeps families running. 

As Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin puts it, “When couple equity is abandoned, gender equality in the workplace tends to follow.” 

More time for women is not just about convenience; it’s the foundation for EVEN careers and lives.

Women want health equity

Women’s health remains sidelined in research, funding, and workplace support. Between 2019 and 2023, companies focused on erectile dysfunction received six times more funding than those focused on endometriosis ($1.24 billion compared to $44 million). 

Yet women make daily career decisions shaped by health: Do I push through severe period pain for an interview? Should I hide a pregnancy in a final interview round? How do I manage work after a miscarriage? 

Health equity means workplaces take women’s wellbeing as seriously as men’s, through policies, resources, and cultural change.

Women want leadership and line roles

Women are every bit as ambitious and career-driven as men. Research shows women consistently demonstrate key leadership traits, like self-awareness, emotional intelligence, social skills and kindness in greater measure than men. Yet they remain underrepresented in line roles, the revenue-driving positions that are the clearest pathways to senior leadership.  The data is clear, people who start in line roles earn, on average, 20% more across their careers than those in support roles. 

Placing women in line roles is essential to close the leadership divide and drive  business performance.

Time, health equity, and line roles aren’t wish lists. They are the core demands of women who are ready to lead and succeed. 

At EVEN, we work with both women and organisations, redesigning the systems that hold women back, and supporting women to accelerate their careers.