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Understanding and Resolving Gender Pay Gap – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1107 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1107 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ivan Samkov Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz Preamble Despite decades of progress in gender equality, a significant earnings gap between men and women continues to persist in the workforce. The latest report by the McKinsey Global Institute, ‘Tough Trade-offs: How Time and Career Choices Shape the Gender Pay Gap’, offers a fresh, data-driven perspective on why this disparity endures. By analyzing more than 86,000 real-life career trajectories of U.S. workers, the study presents a compelling case: nearly 80% of the gender pay gap stems from differences in how work experience is accumulated, and the types of career pa...

Broken Rung for Women in the Workplace – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1106 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1106 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Antoni Shkraba Studio Credit: RDNE Stock Project Credit: Vlada Karpovich Preamble The journey of professional advancement is rarely linear, especially for women. Despite strides in education and employment, one stubborn barrier continues to hinder women’s rise in the workplace: the broken rung. This metaphorical broken step on the career ladder represents the first critical promotion from entry-level roles to management—and it is where women’s progress often falters. In their insightful book, *The Broken Rung: When the Career Ladder Breaks for Women—and How They Can Succeed in Spite of It*, McKinsey senior partners Kweilin Ellingrud, Larein...

Women in the Workplace 2024 – The 10th Anniversary Report – Barriers and Challenges Persist– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Johnniel Danao Credit: Katrin Bolovtsova Credit: Yan Krukau Women in the workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. The study was launched in 2015 by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co.; current report is the 10th anniversary report. [Link to full text at the end]. I had presented the positive developments that had been reported by the study participants. In this part, we look at the barriers and challenges which persist and continue to stall the progress of women in the workplace. Perception vs Reality 9 in 10 senior level men think that women’s opportunities to ad...

Women in the Workplace 2024 – The 10th Anniversary Report – Gender Parity and Equity – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1010 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1010 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Edmond Dantès Credit: Jopwell Credit: Ron Lach Preamble Women in the workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. The findings however can be applied with some variations to other countries. Europe is behind already, and Asian/ African countries are far behind in working towards equal participation of women across the line of command. The study was launched in 2015 by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co.; current report is the 10th anniversary report. Over the last 10 years, more than 1,000 companies have participated in the study, and over 480,000 people were surveyed on th...

Education in Pakistan – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #681 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #681 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Commitment to Education Programs and their Execution The constitution of Pakistan mandates that “The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such manner as may be determined by law”. The federal government never committed to this clause of constitution and with 18th amendment, this responsibility was devolved to the provinces who were neither prepared nor committed to it. Pakistan has also consistently committed to education initiatives launched internationally but has not fulfilled its responsibilities enti...

Women in Workplace 2021 – Part 2 – Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #546 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #546. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Continued from Previous…… McKinsey & Company in collaboration with LeanIn.org has been collecting data and publishing a yearly study on the status of Women in Workplace. The 2021 report is the sixth year’s report which was published few days ago. [Link appears at the end] Profession Biases – Another discrimination that women face everywhere is the profession bias. For example, women are discouraged from working in engineering jobs, even when these may not be hard ones. It is just a bias that has been there all along. While women are preferred in packaging jobs, they are n...

Women in the Workplace 2020 Part IV – McKinsey Report – Blog Post #402 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #402. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Continued from Previous…… In the last part, we see the recommendations for future. We have seen so far that despite progress, the inclusion of women in workforce, and their career growth remains a challenge. Though McKinsey report focuses on organizations in the US only, but other reports from Europe show similar issues. Among Asian countries, there are many variations. For example, Japanese women prefer to stay home, rather than pursue a career. In other East Asian countries, women work as a matter of routine along with men. Middle East and South Asia have more leaning to...

Women in the Workplace 2020 Part III – McKinsey Report – Blog Post #401 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #401. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Continued from Practice…… In the third part, we look at another important aspect; women in leadership. And we see the findings of McKinsey Report. There are several issues that have been highlighted. Senior women who are in leadership role are under enormous pressure. Their performance is under more critical review and they are subjected to more scrutiny than counterpart men. In the first place, men are not too happy to give women leadership roles. In Pakistan particularly, women are seen as women only, not as seniors and leaders. If at all they land a senior position, th...

Women in the Workplace 2020 – McKinsey Report – Blog Post #399 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #399. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. McKinsey & Co. had taken up the subject of gender diversity and women in workplace six years ago. This effort, conducted in partnership with Leanin.org, tracks the progress of women in corporate America.  While other countries are not studied directly, but inferences can be drawn based on social and cultural differences. Furthermore, COVID19 is still living with us and its resurgence is already happening in many parts of the world. The effects of COVID19 on work is therefore still highly relevant. Here are some excerpts from the report along with some commentary about Pak...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Tribute & Relevance – Blog Post #385 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #385. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020 at the age of 87. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1999. In the twenty odd years till her passing away, she had five bouts of cancer and finally gave in to pancreatic cancer. During the last few years, her health status was watched by public closely and at every hospital admission, lot of people went into prayer for her recovery. No one wanted her to go yet. But fate finally prevailed. As per Judiciary Act of 1789 of US Constitution, Each Justice has a lifetime te...