A win for strong women

The results are in for the GDST’s Sixth Form student survey for International Women’s Day

A whopping 88% of GDST Sixth Form students think women have shown themselves to be stronger leaders during the Coronavirus pandemic. This is just one of the figures from a survey the GDST conducted among its Sixth Form students to coincide with International Women’s Day (IWD) on Monday 8 March.

Nearly 400 students responded to the IWD survey, the majority recognising the positive role played by female leaders such as Jacinda Ardern, Nicola Sturgeon, Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan and Sanna Marin of Finland who have been hailed globally for their management of the pandemic in their own countries.

Female leaders have been hailed globally for their management of the pandemic

When asked what was most important to achieve gender equality in the UK, 49% of students surveyed said women in leadership positions. Nearly 30% said education would lead to greater equality.

When asked what skills they had developed during the pandemic, 62% of students said they had become more patient, nearly 53% said they had improved their organisational skills and 44% said they had improved at multi-tasking.