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Getting Japanese Women Back on Track

Harvard Business Review

million and the level of Japan's GDP could increase by as much as 15 percent.". Even those lucky enough to find a job face serious penalties in terms of earning power and progression. Flextime and programmatic help would help ease the burden. In fact, a solution exists: Japan's underutilized and under-leveraged women.

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Microfinance Is Good for Women, but It's Only Part of the Solution

Harvard Business Review

Ellen Kullman (DuPont), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), and Chua Sock Koong (Singapore Telecommunications) lead three of the most powerful companies in the world. One study found that if care work were assigned a monetary value, it would account for 10 to 39 percent of GDP.