Gender Equality - PressforProgress
Today is the International Women's Day and i attended an event at my workplace. We had a very dynamic female speaker who spoke very well how she made it to the top. From hardship to flying high..from rags to riches. I wonder if she told the whole truth on how she got to become the VP. I sometimes feel people tell the nice stuff and don't share the actual reason for their journey upward in the corporate world. Interestingly she did not speak of gender equality and issues faced in her journey. She never mentioned once that she had to fight very hard with her male counter parts, or did not mention any gender issues on her being treated differently within her family or her society that she grew up in. I am guessing if someone dont face such challenges when they are growing up, maybe the path upward anywhere is made less difficult. This event and this talk triggered some of my childhood memories on how i had to challenge stereotype and gender bias beliefs. Especially someon