Challenges faced by Women at Workplace Part 2- Episode 31

<p>In Part 1 we examined challenges faced by young Indian women at workplace. What about older women ? What kind of challenges do they face ? Does it vary based on their age or their childrens' age or their work profile ?  When they get more senior, does the gender matter ? Do you think there are women specific challenges in our cities in large organisations that talk about having women friendly policies ?</p> <p> </p> <p>Are there ways to address some of the challenges ? Are there learnings that one can use in one's own context ? Listen on ..</p> <p>What the New Indian Woman podcast is about </p> <p>As you may already be aware, this podcast has 2 focus areas. One, We examine the challenges faced by today's Indian woman and proposes ACTIONABLE strategies in the Indian context, on a wide variety of topics - right from identifying their passion to better productivity and parenting.  Second,  We meet women who chose to aspire or have a dream beyond their defined roles  and facilitates sharing of what worked and what didn’t, for them. Today's episode falls in the first category.</p> <p> </p> <p>And in the process, my aim is to help  you, The New Indian woman, to realize your potential, chase your dreams and aspirations, utilize the wonderful opportunities available in today's world.</p> <p> </p> <p>What's in this episode:</p> <p> </p> <p>We speak to 3 women from different profiles - one from a Finance background, another an Assistant Professor in an Engineering College and a senior manager from IT background working in a large Multi National Company(MNC).</p> <p> </p> <p>These are women with children in different age groups. They talk about the very specific challenges they face - something that may impact ones career or something that may impact one's day to day life - the range is enormous.</p> <p> </p> <p>Apart from just the challenges, they talk about how they faced these challenges.</p> <p> </p> <p>You, the listener, would be able to relate to these and may even want to share the challenges you h