OR, LOCKDOWN AND YOU: BREAKOUT WORKSHOP REPORTBACKS

Abstract

This Zoom-based meeting had several purposes: to discuss issues for women in OR during the COVID emergency, and identify possible mitigating actions for individuals, WORAN, the OR Society, employers or the community as a whole; to give participants the chance to 'meet up' with colleagues in similar situations and share experiences; to pilot this new approach to building networks and connections; and, we hoped, to help each other during difficult times. These are not just women’s issues – they are issues for all of us, and everybody was welcome to join in the discussion – but we were particularly keen to make sure women’s voices were heard.