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Is having it all a realistic goal for either sex?

At 76.7 per cent, female participation in the workforce is at an all-time high in Switzerland. Yet despite their numbers, women are not rising through the ranks and few make it to decision-making level. What is really to blame for the leadership gap – mothers’ family commitments or a hostile corporate environment?

The demands of a growing family are not going to change so something has to give. What has your experience taught you about combining parenthood and professional success?

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Swiss mothers hold back from having it all

This content was published on Respect, power, influence and a family to boot – to the outside world Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former policy planning director for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had it all. What she didn’t have was time to spend with her family, something women in Switzerland have in relative abundance. Writing in the US magazine The Atlantic…

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“Working full-time is a conversation stopper”

This content was published on The norm for mothers of young children is to work part-time, mostly less than 50 per cent. Fewer than one in ten fathers work part-time (see sidebar). It is rare for women to ramp up to full-time again when their children are older and reap the career benefits. swissinfo.ch spoke to four mothers in four different situations. Natalia…

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