The provocative title is not something that sprang out of my brains, it's the title of an article which provoked endless conversations in the United States on the participation of women in workforce and work-life balance for them. Written by Anne-Marie Slaughter, who left her high-powered job in government to academia at Princeton University to stay close to her family, especially her two children, the article argues why the current economic and societal structure of US can't allow female to balance the demands of high-powered jobs and parental responsibilities. You can read the article here
At the same time, the new book - Lean in - by Sheryl Sandberg has brought the issue of women's leadership to the fore. I have just bought the book from one of the local book stores. You can listen to the TED talk of Sheryl Sanberg on 'Why we have too few women leaders', which has got more than 2 million hits.
It seems after a century when the first women suffrage parade took place in Washington a new movement is awaiting - this time to seek the right to get equal representation, with dignity, of women at the workplace.
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