Turning point on remote work? Taking on the caring in a pandemic. Female president, ever?

This week we're talking about remote work, and whether the sudden need to work from home is a turning point that will make it stick.We also share some difficult facts about the spread of coronavirus, and the broader impacts of the pandemic for women.AND we ask if we will ever see a US President in the near future, after Elizabeth Warren ended her campaign for the Democratic nomination.Join Georgie Dent, Shivani Gopal and Angela Priestley for another wide-ranging conversation!To end on a lighter note, we share our entertainment and food ideas (including what we'd do with the kids) during a period of self isolation.Some of the key stories we discuss are shared below:The new and urgent need for normalising flexible workhttps://womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-new-and-urgent-need-for-normalising-remote-and-flexible-work/The mass school closures possibility: How would working parents cope?https://womensagenda.com.au/life/jugglehood/the-mass-school-closures-possibility-how-would-working-parents-cope/Women more likely to survive coronavirus, but suffer higher rates of depression anxiety and insomniahttps://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074168/women-more-likely-survive-coronavirus-china-studies-find‘Little girls will have to wait 4 more years’: Elizabeth Warren ends presidential campaignhttps://womensagenda.com.au/latest/little-girls-will-have-to-wait-4-more-years-elizabeth-warren-ends-presidential-campaign/

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