Tata Steel s initiative to hire women firefighters for diversity echoes a broader trend in heavy engineering firms in India. Companies like Hindustan Zinc are increasing women representation in mining operations, aiming for gender diversity.
Women in unions know having a female leader is necessary for empowering women. In a roundtable conversation with Congressman Eric Sorensen, leaders discussed the value of having more women in leadership roles. “We all got to be a leader sometime even if it’s just in the home, the workforce, or just walking into a building […]
Somewhere along the way, women began to save, pay taxes, invest wisely and spend as they pleased. Most women, says a recent DBS & Crisil study, make independent financial decisions by the time they are in their forties.
Even in the small percentage of women leaders in corporations, many hold the role of CHRO or heads of other support functions. It is not an uncommon practice for organisations to have such roles under the category of “diversity hiring” to meet the numbers. Organisations cannot claim to have achieved equal representation, even if they have checked the box statistically, unless their women leaders exert an equal amount of influence in the organisation