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REDEFINING THE ROLE OF WOMEN
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ABOUT WORKING WOMEN
PROBLEM FACED BY THEM
INITIATIVES TAKEN
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BREAKING OF GLASS CEILING
y The glass ceiling does not exist anymore. The very fact
that women are at the top helm of organizations
indicates that glass ceiling are a thing of the past. If the
women have the right sets of skills and the ability to
deliver, she can perform well in any area.
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EMERGENCE OF WOMEN LEADERCompanies are increasingly more women into
leadership roles because diversity needs to exist at all
levels of the organization in order to make a serious impact.
Research has found a correlation between the presence of
women in higher management roles and financial of the
organization, as measured to total return to the shareholders and
return on equity.
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WORK LIFE BALANCE
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
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WORK LIFE BALANCE
� Balancing home and work effectively is a problem
which is generally faced by a woman in her careergraph.
y The triple pressure on women, of being a wife, amother and a worker experienced all over the world.
y Sometimes women have to compromise her family lifefor work. Sometimes, work get more demanding
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GENDER DISCRIMINATION� Even though more women hold higher degrees
than men, they are still passed over jobs that go to
less-educated and less-qualified males, and they also receive less compensation than men for thesame job.
y Women do face many challenges including
discrimination and are often paid less than menfor doing the same job
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y Another common perception in the Indian corporatecontext that hard work equates with long hours and
continuous avability to the firm also became a constraint
for women, who inherently have more need and
preferences for personal time and family
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Companies are now rolling out women friendly initiatives. With the rise in
the need for dual income and growing nuclear families, organizations are
gearing up to allow flexibility like taking sabbaticals that will help women in
continuing their association with organizations...
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DAY CARE CENTERS Working parents gain a lot from on-site day care
programs. There is no better place to get reliable, safe
and convenient care for their children. This is why
most organizations like Accenture, Wipro
Technologies and Godrej Group are now opening upsome great onsite day care centers for their employee
children.
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DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT With organizations going global, diversity is increasingly
becoming an integral part of every organization. Diversity
management is all about providing a work environment
wherein all employees feel valued and empowered. And
organizations that understand this need like Infosys,
Hewitt Associates and more practice diversity management
at their workplace.
y
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EXTENDED MATERNITY LEAVESy Giving birth to a child is the proudest moment in a
womens life, they say, but motherhood comes with a bag of
responsibilities, priorities and compromises.
Understanding this very need of a new mother to take care
of her new born, many organizations like Symphony
Services, 24/7 Customers and more are now giving the
options of taking extended maternity leaves to their
women employee.
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WORK FROM HOMEMany organizations like Cisco, IBM and CSC India have
now introduced work from home policies for their
employee, giving them enough time to create perfect work
life balance. Other options are telecommunicating, which
allows staffers to work for one or two days a week from
home. They give this facility other especially to their female
employee in case of pregnancy or any other personal
problem
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TRAINING PROGRAMSy Now days many organizations provide special training
programs for their female employee. They provide them
required knowledge about their job or any other task they
are going to do.
y IBM provides its women employee with necessary
knowledge, resources, tools and oppurnuties. This enables
and empowers them to successfully play active roles in the
growth and development of the organisazation
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y IBM also have an annual women leadership conference
(IWLC) called as WINSPIRATION .This is for selected to
women leaders which is widely regarded opportunity tobuild enhance networking and build leadership skills.
Because they want women at the top levels of their
organization. Like IBM there are many organizations
which are doing work in this direction.
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ICICI Lombard is sensitive towards this problem andthus, has a lot up to initiatives for female employee to
tackle this if any female employee planning to adopt a
child can claim up to a maximum of 30 days of adoptionleave. Also, women are entitled to work part-time or work
from home they can also avail maternity leave and have
constant support from the organization at various life
stage events.
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Specific need analysisy In many organizations now days there is a trend of
need analysis of needs of women in various stages of
work life like early career, mid management, senior
leadership, etc .and focused initiatives have been
planned and executed to meet not just their needs ,but also organizational goals. This is one of the
initiatives that are taken by many organizations.
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.y Beside, these regular programs, special training
programs are designed and organized for women in
managerial position to help them build confidence and
take the stage in the corporate world.
y IBM also conduct a two day workshop call (WOMEN
LEADERSHIP DEVLOPMENT) targeted to women at
the top position.
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y A special relaxation room, lactation room and car
parking moms-to-be are also provided. Organizations
are not willing to lose good talent, so whatever be the
route; the dynamics are changed now and with
companies not willing to their female employee
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TRENDS AND STATICS FOR WOMEN
IN BUSINESSy RAPID GROWTH IN THE WOMEN OWNED
BUSINESS
Between 2001 and 2009, businesses fully women-owned, or majority-owned by women, grew at nearly twice the rate of all U.S. firms (42.3% vs. 23.3%).
During this same time period, employment among women-owned firms grew 0.4%, and annual sales grew4.4%.
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In 2009, reports on women-owned (or majority ownedby women) in the United States returned the followingimpressive statistics:--
There were an estimated 10.4 million privately-heldfirms;
This accounted for two in five (40.2%) of all businesses
in the country; and
These firms generated $1.9 trillion in annual sales andemployed 12.8 million people nationwide.
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CONCLUSION
y Whatever the route the dynamics have changed now
and companies not wiling to loose good talent they aregoing a long way to hang it
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