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Contributors, The SHEROES Report - Women at Work 2014
1. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
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Contributors for The SHEROES Report –
Women at Work India 2014.
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2. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Anu Singh Choudhary
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“Like a meaningless poem, ‘freedom’ was
just another word stuck in my head. But
that word was opening up various
possibilities simultaneously. That word –
freedom –begged for understanding and
invited dislocation.”
3. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Anurag Shrivastava
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“Companies do want gender diversity, and
that is why we see in campuses around to
30%-40% recruits are women. Within 5-8
years, dropout rates are high and that is a
hugely concerning factor. In a lot of cases
the stereotypical society is to be blamed.”
4. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Deep Kalra
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Women have been hard at work, breaking
the proverbial glass ceiling since the early
80s. Nearly thirty-odd years on, we see
them holding less than 5% of Fortune 500.
This, despite the fact that more women
than men have graduated from American
Universities with bachelor’s degrees.
5. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Deepa Soman
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“Given a choice I want to be born a
woman, but in a family, state and country
that gives me the freedom to be deeply
creative, abundant, inspiring and free to
choose my life, or with the courage to
stand up and fight for what I believe is
right.”
6. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Geetha Kannan
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“Diversity in today's work environment
should start right from the top in most
companies, and the companies that have
been positive have shaped cultures where
awareness, acceptance and diversity are
core company values.”
7. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Gitanjali Chaturvedi
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“I once asked a group of women to write down
what motivated them to work. I read responses
such as “supporting my brother’s education in
an engineering school,” “supplementing family
income,” or “being able to provide extra needs
for my children.” I don’t remember goals that
focused on their own development or growth.”
8. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Meeta Sengupta
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“I have never seen women not at work.
Paid or not, there is always a buzz around
them.”
9. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Namita Bhandare
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“Armed with the guilt of being a bad
mother and grappling with the knowledge
that I had failed to be one of a
superwoman who seamlessly manage
families and careers, I handed in my
papers.”
10. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Natasha Badhwar
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“After 20 years of being in the workplace,
this is what I want to add to the
conversation about women at work:
Women are always at work. We need to
start honouring the work we do every day.”
11. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Osama Manzar
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“Mobiles are cheap and easy to access
irrespective of literacy quotient. Women at
grassroots feel safer and highly
empowered even with the most basic
mobile phone.”
12. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Prashant Bhaskar
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“What will it take to offer both Workflex and
unlimited vacations in your company
policy? Trust. Just trust and it works.
Nobody at plugHR stayed on vacation all
365 days since we rolled out this policy.”
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Voices From The Horizon
Rajwant Sandhu
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Visiting Panchayats in areas as diverse as Himachal
Pradesh, Rajashan, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, W. Bengal,
Tamil Nadu and Kerala, a few years ago, I was witness to the
silent revolution that had come about. There was less of
purdah and when the woman Pradhan is addressed by the
BDO, the Deputy Commissioner, the Secretary to a State
Government, the MLA, the Minister and Secretary to
Government of India as “Pradhanji” or “Sarpanchji” does it not
enable the elected woman representative and her sisters to
hold their heads high?
14. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Rakshita Diwedi
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“I too had a ‘she’ in me who kept fighting
with time and finally gave up, but then the
comeback happened. And it only
happened because I made it possible on
my own terms of work flexibility. ”
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Voices From The Horizon
Ritu Baruah
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“Women over generations have proved
their metal, some being trained
‘swimmers’, but for the rest it is the
‘survival instinct’.”
16. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Riitu Chugh
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“Everyday is an adventure – in doing great
things in my work space.”
17. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Sangeeta Mall
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“Juggling two jobs at once cannot be a
picnic but I would have it no other way.
Like every mother, human or otherwise on
this planet, I adore my children but at the
same time, they cannot suck away my
entire life.”
18. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Sarita Povaiah
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“The winds of change have begun, but
there’s a lot more that needs to be done
before women can truly claim their place in
the Indian workplace as a force to reckon
with.”
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Voices From The Horizon
Sonia Golani
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“I profess that it’s important to focus
and get the microcosm right and
the rest will take care of itself.”
20. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Srishti Kush
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“I’m sure all people my age are at
crossroads, clueless of where the roads
might lead us, apprehensive about
treading on the wrong path and all this with
dreamy eyes.”
21. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Sucheta Tiwari
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“ My work involves trying to understand
why women get sick and die. A by-product
is learning how sick societies and sick
women share the same story”
22. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Surabhi Dewra
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“Woman, add two ‘As’ to
climb up the career
ladder – Aggressive and
Accountable .”
23. The SHEROES Report – Women at Work India 2014
Voices From The Horizon
Teja Lele
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“Comments like “Ah, so you ‘work from
home’?” “Isn’t that nice; you’re at home all day
and you’re paid for it?” and “No office – I want a
job like that too!” come my way regularly. It
usually gets my hackles up to have to explain
that work from home is challenging and fulfilling
work.”