Shheem

Though most companies claim to be politically correct and claim that performance is the only criteria while deciding on promotions and bonuses,  the fact remains that women are discriminated against in most workplaces. Most societies are male dominated and most women face a glass ceiling at some stage in their career, when they are overlooked in favor of their less competent male colleagues.

The discrimination faced by women is even worse in Asian countries like India, where millions of  baby girls are killed before the birth of a girl is not welcome. Through girls outperform boys in most school and college leaving exams, women make up less than 5% of  the workforce in most large companies.  Most are employed as secretaries, few attain any position of  responsibility.

Part of  the reason may be social conditioning, where women are expected to relocate after marriage and take care of  their family. They are also not assigned challenging assignments on the assumption that the customer may not be “comfortable” working with them. The best way to overcome this discrimination is  for women to start their own business.