Special Episode: IWD Panel Discussion - S1:E17

Welcome back to a special episode of Finding Fearless! This week we have a recording from a panel event that took place live, on the Practice Ignition’s Facebook page, the morning of March 8th.

This panel featured some of their Top 50 Women In Accounting finalists, as well as a diverse array of other female voices from across the profession.

Women’s voices are still dramatically underrepresented in the world of accounting, despite the fact that women make up the majority of the profession. 61.3% of the profession at large is female, and yet we still see a predominate number of men highlighted online & at conferences as “authorities” on topics related to the profession. It’s clear that there is a disconnect that goes deeper than the surface because more women than ever before are graduating accounting expertise, yet the top positions of the profession are still overwhelmingly male-dominated and the wide gender pay gap within the profession isn’t showing any signs of closing. As one might guess, the statistics for representation & pay for women of color within the profession are even more abysmal. These inequalities are hardly unique to the accounting profession, but the issues are pressing all the same, so it’s time for us to set aside some time to start addressing them head-on.


Rather than sitting around waiting for someone else to pass the mic, I collaborated with Practice Ignition to host a virtual panel discussion featuring some of the incredible & inspiring women in the accounting space. The goal of the moment was simple: to shed some light on the experiences, opinions, and triumphs of women in accounting.


For those who couldn’t make it live, I captured the conversation in this special episode of the Finding Fearless Podcast.  


In this panel, we covered:
- A variety of questions about the panel's entrepreneurial ambitions and 
- The current position of women in the accounting profession
- The ways that we can elevate more women to within the profession to share their voices & be heard

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