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You are a high-level manager of a large organization with a diverse workforce population. Some of your competitor companies have recently been in the news for gender discrimination lawsuits, so your company has been working to implement diversity training programs in order to avoid such situations.
You have been asked to present information to other managers regarding the experiences of women in the workplace. You can convey this information in the best format that you see fit: memorandum, e-mail, PowerPoint presentation, paper, etc. Make sure to include the following:
- The complexities of women's experiences in the workplace
- How women's workplace experiences differ from men's
- Why women often choose to leave their careers and how they face a variety of obstacles when attempting to reenter the workplace
- How women can keep their ambition to work alive and how some companies help by developing networks
- The concept of gender discrimination and how to prevent it.