Employees won't be very productive if they're always worrying about their children. Business can do a couple of things. They can be family-friendly, with flex time, for example. I think the most important role of business is to be an advocate. Maybe in the lifetime of babies born today.
Women still make up a slim minority at the very top levels of management.
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