Work It Podcast: Can a woman thrive in a workplace still dominated by male leadership?
International Women's Day falls on March 8 and this year's theme is "Inspire Inclusion".
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Immersed in a male-dominated industry, Jingjin Liu learnt how to navigate assumptions, judgement and outdated ideas about women as sole caregivers.
The founder of ZaZaZu, a corporate platform aimed at helping women in their careers, is our guest in this episode.Â
A lot of women (in automotive industry), they were excellent, they worked like hell. But when the promotion opportunity came, no one raised their hand.
We always assume women want the same things. But some women don't want to have kids, some want kids and career, some just want to have kids ...there are so many judgments regardless of what you do.
Jump to these key moments:
- 1:46 What is it like working in a male-dominated industry
- 7:44 Women were good at their work but not promoted
- 11:02 Damned if u do and damned if you don’tÂ
- 14:58 How ageism hits women differently
- 22:55 Things are less complicated than we thinkÂ
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Source: CNA/cr
