SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sheryl Sandberg, Glass Ceiling, Sex Segregation
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Which one is most likely to be effective, and why. Four changes employers could make to help women. Social policies associated with the six problems of women in the workplace. Numbers of self-employed by sex: 2000 to 2015. Counts are in hundreds: the perceptions sometimes, is that lots of women are leaving their jobs and becoming self-employed, but if we look at the data, it is a slow steady rise overall. Anne-marie slaughter unfinished business, why women still can"t have it all : get the employer to change his, or its, practices and policies. Its employers that have to change, not women, and not society as a whole. Can we be optimistic about improvements: a couple of things suggest that the answer is no. Include lobby groups like catalysts: catalyst is a international ngo which intends to create public awareness about women.
