Lagging on Women's Advancement

Publication Date: November 2003

Publisher: Jewish Week

Author(s): Shifra Bronznick

Research Area: Labor; Social conditions

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.