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Lagging on Women's Advancement
Publication Date: November 2003
Publisher(s): Jewish Week
Author(s): Shifra Bronznick
Series: Jewish Week, November 7, 2003
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Labor (Workplaces)
Social conditions (Discrimination and affirmative action)
Keywords: Gender; Leadership; Organizational Development; Jewish Organizations
Type: Speech
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author responds to "The Opt-Out Revolution," a much talked about New York Times Magazine cover story concerning the lack of women in executive roles in the workforce. She argues that this story fails to distinguish between personal preferences about lifestyle and institutional decisions about the structure of workplaces and the pathways they offer to professional leadership. She challenges Jewish communal organizations to create systemic change that narrows the gender gap in the community's top executive roles.