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Because no one chooses to be a refugee. Refugees are refugees because the alternative used to be death. Now, there’s a worse option: a living death.

“Creating workplaces that have a lot of flexibility, that allow for people to work in a way that fits best with them, boosts creativity and job satisfaction,” Metcalf says, and these are the settings where women stay and thrive.

No matter what type of organization women work for, large or small, public or private, their relationships with their immediate bosses are critical to whether they feel engaged and content. The ideal supervisor is committed to his or her subordinates’ advancement and development, assigns stretch projects, and provides necessary support and feedback to help them be successful, Bilimoria says. And workplaces that employ women in higher levels are more apt to retain women at the lower levels. “There need to be multilevel champions [of women] from the top as well as from the bottom and the middle, because women are more sensitive to dealing with gender bias,” she says. Workplace initiatives that offer leadership development, mentoring, and networking for women reap the benefits by retaining women, Bilimoria’s research shows.

They have advanced the careers of male economists, often at women’s expense

The central problem is that employment policies that are gender-neutral on paper may not be gender-neutral in effect.

Succeed within seven years and you have a job for life. Fall short, and you’re fired.

If you take away only one thing from this article, let it be this:  the oppressive messages (spoken and unspoken) that you receive from others are based on their own faulty beliefs, perceptions and projections about women.  You have adopted those as your own incorrect beliefs and they have become part of your self-identity.  Internalized oppression is habitual negative thinking and beliefs that you use against yourself. 

When you create a culture where women are casually torn apart in conversation, how can you ever stomach promoting them, or working for them?

It’s hard to violate social norms; it’s even harder when doing so means jeopardizing millions of dollars in future earnings. For an intern, a connection with a managing director can mean a foothold in one of the most lucrative career paths in the world.

A woman has never been the chief executive of a major investment bank. Only about 2 percent of hedge fund managers are women. During my years on Wall Street I never saw a woman run a trading or sales desk, which is the first step toward executive management.

A strong workforce is vital to our nation's economic prosperity, and it has become more critical than ever that our workforce acquire advanced skills and postsecondary credentials. By 2020, 65 percent of jobs will require a college degree or postsecondary credential.

prior learning assessment (PLA), which enables non-traditional learners to complete training and degree programs sooner by awarding them college credit based on the college-level knowledge, skills and abilities they've gained outside of the classroom.

Many state policy leaders have begun to recognize the importance and potential of PLA and have been developing statewide strategies.

According to the Volunteering in the United States survey, “providing professional or management assistance, including serving on a board or committee” is the second most popular form of volunteering for Americans over 55, after “collecting, preparing, distributing or serving food.”

ey’re increasingly targeting boomers with what’s known as “skills-based volunteering” opportunities whose jobs are valued at $40 to $500 an hour, far more than traditional volunteering’s $18 to $20 an hour, according to a blog post by Emily Ferstie of United Way for Southeastern Michigan.

Throughout our research, we find that newly created online communities can change people’s behaviors by addressing the following psychological needs:

The Need to Trust.

The Need to Fit In.