Women and Work

Please note this event will take place at Columbia University.

For the first time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce. But while an economy in flux and the changing workplace have solved some problems for women, they have also created new ones. As the professional and personal aspirations of women continue to transform, how will the workplace transform along with them?

Join New America Foundation and a group of leading female thinkers for a discussion about the future of women and work. After the conversation, there will be a reception and book signing with Debora Spar and Alison Wolf.

Participants

Merit E. Janow
Dean, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law and International Affairs

Anne-Marie Slaughter
President and CEO, New America Foundation
Author, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” The Atlantic and The Idea That Is America

Debora Spar
President, Barnard College
Author, Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection

Alison Wolf
Professor of Public Sector Management, King’s College London
Author, The XX Factor: How the Rise of Working Women Has Created a Far Less Equal World

Liza Mundy
Director, Work-Family Program, New America Foundation
Author, The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family