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    The document discusses the challenges faced by working women in India who try to balance careers and home life. It notes that women have to deal with gender biases, lack of flexible work hours and childcare support, and social pressures. However, it also argues that with support from family, employers, and society through things like shared household responsibilities, anti-discrimination policies, safety measures, and childcare support, women can successfully maintain both careers and home life.

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    The document discusses the challenges faced by working women in India who try to balance careers and home life. It notes that women have to deal with gender biases, lack of flexible work hours and childcare support, and social pressures. However, it also argues that with support from family, employers, and society through things like shared household responsibilities, anti-discrimination policies, safety measures, and childcare support, women can successfully maintain both careers and home life.

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    The document discusses the challenges faced by working women in India who try to balance careers and home life. It notes that women have to deal with gender biases, lack of flexible work hours and childcare support, and social pressures. However, it also argues that with support from family, employers, and society through things like shared household responsibilities, anti-discrimination policies, safety measures, and childcare support, women can successfully maintain both careers and home life.

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    Women at Work

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    The document discusses the challenges faced by working women in India who try to balance careers and home life. It notes that women have to deal with gender biases, lack of flexible work hours and childcare support, and social pressures. However, it also argues that with support from family, employers, and society through things like shared household responsibilities, anti-discrimination policies, safety measures, and childcare support, women can successfully maintain both careers and home life.

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    “Women cannot successfully

    combine both career and home”

    Or “Freedom from the gender walls”


    Presented By
    Indu R
    Flow

    • What is work life balance?


    • Working women in India
    • Problems faced by women who are into careers-
    SWOT
    • Individual, Professional, Societal
    • Solution- From Family, Employers & Society
    • Conclusion
    The Fine Balance

    • Prioritizing between
    Career and Life
    • Workaholics
    • Burn Outs
    • Stress & Related
    Problems
    • Troubled
    Relationships
    Out in The Field
    The Tight Rope Walk
    I can, I can’t
    Strengths Weakness

    • Multi Tasking Ability • Physical Ability


    • Higher sensitivity and • Biological Clock
    EQ • Conditioning over a
    • Ability to Empathize period of time
    • Day today managers • Overcoming
    inhibitions
    I have, I have not

    Opportunities

    • Specialized fields
    • Reservation
    • Legislation ensuring equality
    • Equal Remunerations Act
    • Maternity Benefits Act
    Threats

    • Glass ceiling effect


    • Gender Biases
    • Sexual harassment
    • Lack of flexible working hours
    • Lack of women mentors
    • Changing Roles
    • Social Apathy
    A helping hand

    • Supportive Family
    • Sharing of roles &
    responsibilities
    • Joint vs. Nuclear Families
    • Employers need to understand
    and not discriminate
    • Safety measures and Flexible
    timings
    • Support for child care
    • Society has to protect not hunt
    down
    Who is the sexiest man on earth?
    Sources
    • Women and the Economy in India By John E.
    Dunlop and Victoria A. Velkoff, International
    Programs Center
    • Women in India- www.wikipedia.org
    • Work-Life Balance - www.wikipedia.org
    • www.censusindia.com
    • www.management-issues.com
    • www.workingwomen.com
    • www.cartoonstock.com
    Thank You
    Questions?

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