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In the US today, women make
up about half the workforce.

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But we still aren't earning as
much as men, rising as high,

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or having an equal voice
in decision-making.

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When are we going to
see gender equality?

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We asked business
students around Boston

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what they thought.

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I feel like to actually
get to real gender parity

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will probably take
30 to 50 years.

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I think it will definitely
take another 10 years.

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I really hope it will be in
the next five to 10 years.

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In 2025.

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2030.

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I think that we are
50-plus years out.

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I don't think equality
will ever happen.

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Well, at the rate
we're moving in the US,

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research says we're
not going to see gender

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equality for another 208 years.

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What?

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How do you react to that?

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Oh, wow.

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Oh, wow.

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Wow.

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OK, 200 years, uh--

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200 years?

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I won't even be alive.

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When I found out it was 208
years away for gender equality,

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I quite simply
couldn't believe it

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because I think
somewhere in my mind

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I thought we were
maybe 60 years away.

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This is Melinda Gates.

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She's got a plan
to get us to gender

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equality in our lifetime.

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I started to say
to myself, my gosh,

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we have to do something
about this now.

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So what's slowing us down?

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More women are working than
ever in the United States,

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but we aren't
represented equally.

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And we're not represented
in the really key sectors,

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such as public office,
academia, tech, investing,

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entrepreneurship, media.

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Those particular industries
are having an outsized impact

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in the United States.

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And so if women don't have
equal representation there,

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we don't have seats
at the table always

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on setting policies,
making funding decisions,

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deciding what the workplace
of the future should be.

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Inequality isn't some
big abstract concept.

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It's a very real challenge
women face in school

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and throughout their careers.

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When I entered college, I
was actually quite surprised,

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particularly in my
computer science classes,

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how few women were
studying computer science.

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And then when I entered
business school right

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after undergraduate, again,
I was kind of surprised

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how many of the women weren't
going after the finance jobs

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that men were going after
coming out of business school.

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Then it, for the
first time, really

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started to be on my mind about
the difference between men

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and women, even in the college
and business school level.

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I had my first week of
classes of my sophomore year

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of college.

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My second class the day
was my higher level finance

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3301 class.

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And at first, it was me and
then a few guys, not anything

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abnormal.

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And then there were
more guys and more guys.

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And then the professor
showed up, and class started.

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And I was the only
girl in the room.

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Maybe I looked
uncomfortable because I

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was the only girl in
the room, or maybe it

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was because I don't
like professors

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that cold call on you.

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But he said, Kate's really
wondering what she got herself

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into being in this class.

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And every single guy
in the classroom,

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including the
professor, laughed,

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which made me feel so
discouraged, so uncomfortable.

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I managed a team before I
went on maternity leave.

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And they did awesome
while I was out.

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And instead of that being a
reflection of how well they

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had been trained and mentored
to enable their success,

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it was seen as: I
was no longer needed.

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Clearly, we've got a problem.

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So what do we do about it?

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Here's what Melinda says
business leaders need

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to do now.

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They need to look at
their workplace and say,

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is this working for
families and for women?

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We know most women
have families.

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And so do we have a true paid
family medical leave policy?

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And are we making sure that
women and men are taking it?

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Do we have the right
networks for women?

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Are we creating pathways
into these jobs for women?

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Are we making sure
that, once they're here,

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they're supported both
in terms of mentorship

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but also sponsorship
into really key roles?

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In practice, this could be
managers looking at the data

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to see how well women are
represented in their companies,

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offering more paid internships
in key sectors like tech

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or government, making
sure women are getting

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the challenging,
worthwhile assignments,

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not just the busywork.

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What are the barriers
that hold women back?

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Where do we have bias in our
systems and in our workplace?

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And how do we tear that
down and change things

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so women have the same
opportunities as men?

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Wait, can I start over?

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Am I too serious?

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Should I smile a little more?

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Do you want me to
stand like this?

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Like this?

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I hate talking
about gender parity.

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Nobody should have to
talk about gender parity.

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It should just be a
natural thing that happens.

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