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What's the difference between working in the U.S. and working in France? In France, women are 15 years behind U.S. businesswomen because we weren't exposed to feminism like [women were] in America. But French women are not so ambitious career-wise. Quality of life is very important in France. I have many friends who turned down promotions and more money because it would affect their quality of life as a couple or a mother. I was pleased to hear this. This is not a sign of weakness. (See pictures of Paris expanding...
...which acknowledges that over half of the student body is now female—seeks to fill the gap of women “in political leadership, tenured faculty positions, and high-powered careers.” So, the College wants its women to be professors, politicians, and businesswomen...
...what options are still out there and what the restrictions are,” said Ruizhi Yu, a sophomore at Princeton. Women in Business President Seema Amble ’09 said the organization has allowed her to learn from many mentors, both older students and experienced businesswomen. “They share their stories and I get a better sense of what exactly I want to do and how to integrate all my interests and a better understanding of business overall,” she said. At the core of Brown’s story was a simple piece...
...women's branches of the Dubai Islamic Bank feel more like spas than financial institutions. Clients at one branch in suburban Dubai lounge on sofas, flicking through magazines, nibbling dates and sipping coffee served from golden pots. Women from the Gulf wearing head-to-toe abayas sit beside Levantine businesswomen and Chinese expats in miniskirts. The tellers, bankers and wealth managers, like their clientele, are all female...
...albeit often as silent partners. A 2007 study by the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, found that a third of women-owned enterprises in the United Arab Emirates generated over $100,000 a year, versus only 13% of American women-owned firms. Yet few Arab businesswomen could raise capital from banks, usually turning to friends and family instead...