Women Leaders Stress Diversity Focus through Pandemic
During FIA Connect 2020, industry leaders agreed that the pandemic has made focus on diversity more difficult, but say the issue remains critical.
By International  Women's Day in March, more than 200 organizations had signed on to the Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter. (Photo: Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter)
By International Women's Day in March, more than 200 organizations had signed on to the Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter. (Photo: Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter)

While acknowledging that maintaining diversity and inclusion goals might be difficult as workforces reshape during the Covid-19 pandemic, industry leaders believe that the issue must remain a priority to prepare organizations to better prepare for the future. Four women senior executives and officials stressed that view Thursday during an FIA Connect 2020 session led by the Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter, an initiative launched during the 2018 Farnborough Airshow and one that has attracted more than 200 companies signing on to work toward more gender balance across all levels of the industry.