"Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent."

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Source: A Woman’s Place by Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. July 11 & 18, 2011.

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