In the U.S., 45 million working women identify as Christian, yet less than 1/3 actively engage in faith community.

• The American workplace has been deemed the third largest unreached people group in the world.

• More than one in four women contemplated downshifting their careers or leaving the workplace altogether. Their study affirmed that not only do companies risk losing key leaders and future leaders, but decades of slow progress toward gender diversity may be unwinding. (McKinsey & Company “Women in the Workplace 2020)

• Women – including working moms looking to re-enter the workforce after stepping away to care for family needs during the pandemic – face new obstacles as they struggle to find jobs with comparable level and pay to those held prior to the pandemic. (Rachel Feintzeig and Lauren Weber, “Working Mothers Derailed by Covid Face Tough Road,” The Wall Street Journal, accessed April 19, 2021)

 Representation in the Workplace

There continues to be a gender gap in the workplace. It is even more pronounced with women of color.

Polished exists to encourage women of faith who want to be ambitious, career-focused, and advance in their fields. Polished also encourages and celebrates diversity both in our chapters and in the workplace.

Women should not have to choose whether to be Christ-centered or to be serious about our industries. Polished believes that these two goals can work cohesively together.