Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Jill of all trades…


A revolution is brewing, even as columnists harp about women’s liberation being the catch phrase of the generation past and working women tracing their way back home. Till now led by Anne Mulcahy, Ursula Burns is being touted as the next lady to take Xerox Corp. forward. This would be a move monumental in significance, for it entails that for the first time a black lady will take over the reigns of a Fortune 500 company. A move that has taken enough time already, for women have been proving their might in the board rooms for long now. Be it Janet L. Robinson, President and CEO of the newspaper that moulds opinions of the world – The New York Times – or the lady at the helm of affairs of Internet’s revolutionary site eBay – Margaret C. Whitman. Back home Sulajja Firodia Motwani is leading Kinetic Engineering, while ladies like Naina Lal Kidwai are showing the guys just how money and finance have nothing to do with gender.
Though many women are man enough for heralding a new world order, there is no evident revolution as yet, as they still battle discrimination in terms of pay and promotions. And thus even today only 10 of the Fortune 500 companies are led by women, and the columnists still have much to write home about...
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