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Hidden reality of scaling up the corporate ladder

Hidden realities of scaling up the corporate ladder (Photo: iStock)

We now boast of an almost equal command in the corporate spaces as men. The dream of the girl child is finally here. In 2018, Saudi, the most conservative of states took the bold step to repeal a section of their laws that for 30 years had barred women from driving cars.

That milestone alone, in an Islamic state, previously hostile to women is a landmark statement of conquest to underscore that women's growth has become a tsunami that no barricade can stall. Even the shackles of religion and culture that have been used to hold us back are now crumbling voluntarily.

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