About the Book: Lean In: Women Work and The Will To Lead
Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer
will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether theyd feel confident
asking for a raise, a promotion, or equal pay, and some reticence creeps in. The
statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in
womens favour - of 197 heads of state, only twenty-two are women. Women hold
just 20 percent of seats in parliaments globally, and in the world of big
business, a meagre eighteen of the "Fortune" 500 CEOs are