Women in Leadership: A Step towards Feminism

Gender diversity, particularly in leadership, has become a priority globally. Wide selections of reports on women in leadership support the significant benefits of having women in leadership roles. But still people in our society have doubts on women capabilities, they don’t seem to question the men’s capabilities and assume them (men) leaders. It has become important for businesses to look at the challenges women often face in corporate world. Some corporate worlds long believed that creating a work environment where women can prosper, and implementing initiatives that support, advance, retain and reward them, is not only the ethical thing to do but it is a strategic and smart business approach. The study describe the prevailing landscape in which females in leadership positions live and work, both at national and global level. The path to leadership in the corporate world, and its associated obstacles and opportunities, is the focus of the paper so that concrete steps can be taken to encourage more women into leadership position. Society’s assumption that men are capable of doing things, lack of confidence of women on themselves, gender inequality at top level of management & cultural expectations leading to stress related to work-life balance and the lack of support by employers to relieve that stress are some of the challenges identified. This study found that Women in leadership positions are still battling demands on the home fronts as well as in this (now feminist) world. However, the corporate world is making some inroads to improve gender diversification, especially at the executive level. There are certain challenges faced by women in executive positions-especially those that create barriers to success-could be solved by women themselves if they believe themselves. Current paper identifies some of the recommendations that are designed to improve the industry understanding to the concerned issue.