What you need to know about women at work

<table width="633" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="403" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#4c4949"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Around the world, women participate in paid employment at lower rates and wages than men, and are less likely to be promoted. They also tend to work in different sectors. The implications are everyone’s business.</span></font><br/> <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a31303030303163346b6b736a38766172303373&he=687474702533412532462532467777772e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246617373657473253246646f74636f6d2532467468652d6d636b696e7365792d706f64636173742532464d502d576861742d796f752d6e6565642d746f2d6b6e6f772d61626f75742d776f6d656e2d61742d776f726b2e6d7033"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#006699">Read more &#62;</font></a><br/> <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a31303030303163346b6b736a38766172303373&he=253246253246706f6463617374732e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246706f646361737425334670632533446d61696e2532367075253344687474702532353341253235324625323532467777772e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d25323532466173736574732532353246646f74636f6d25323532467468652d6d636b696e7365792d706f646361737425323532464d502d576861742d796f752d6e6565642d746f2d6b6e6f772d61626f75742d776f6d656e2d61742d776f726b2e6d7033253236706e25334457686174253242796f752532426e656564253242746f2532426b6e6f7725324261626f7574253242776f6d656e2532426174253242776f726b"> <img src="//podcasts.mckinsey.com/x/img/podcast.gif" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a31303030303163346b6b736a38766172303373&he=253246253246706f6463617374732e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246706f646361737425334670632533446d61696e2532367075253344687474702532353341253235324625323532467777772e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d25323532466173736574732532353246646f74636f6d25323532467468652d6d636b696e736579