The Women in Business Reading List
![World Economic Forum - Global Gender Gap Report 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1619595612700-K5H1KBKOZ4UEIDJO75TD/Screen+Shot+2021-04-28+at+16.39.04.png)
World Economic Forum - Global Gender Gap Report 2021
Japan ranks a lowly 120 in the 2021 World Economic Forum Gender Gap rankings.
![Don’t Change the People - Change the Workplace](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1615355712565-JOZ6Q9VJ802TGDJ39FBC/Screenshot+2021-03-10+at+2.54.57+PM.png)
![Dirty Diversity](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1612943596530-RJ4BTH4S366FPELF5V9X/dirty+diversity.jpg)
Dirty Diversity
Dirty Diversity, Janice Gassam, Ph.D is a short book that provides a very practical guide for organizations looking to strengthen their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
![Diversity still matters](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1594810967097-L5PT66I78WBXSBUKM5GI/Screen+Shot+2020-07-15+at+20.02.08.png)
![Why Mentoring & Sponsoring Are Important, Particularly for Women](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1594810768503-KGBGYF3MDU38VTHAFG8T/why-women-need-a-network-of-champions-importance-of-mentoring-sponsoring-women-center-for-creative-leadershipp-280x156.jpg)
![Women, Find Your Voice](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1594708007463-KCYIY4D3B92X8PYSF19H/voice.jpg)
![Japan’s gender gap](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1594699852743-7KFVMRA7U7Z1O74XAG45/Screen+Shot+2020-07-14+at+13.10.36.png)
![Women bear brunt of Japan's recession as pandemic unravels Abe's 'Womenomics'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1592033497894-6Z0AJM9ZQHR8K9RCHSKY/woman+subway.jpg)
Women bear brunt of Japan's recession as pandemic unravels Abe's 'Womenomics'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has long made creating jobs for women central to his economic policy, but as the country heads for its worst economic slump since World War II women are suffering a bigger share of the pain.
![Shedding the armor: Why feminine leadership is good for your business](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1592055584585-U2X06ICONRL463PR8M0Q/female+executive.jpg)
Shedding the armor: Why feminine leadership is good for your business
Research shows that women leaders tend to be more relationship oriented, more collaborative and better listeners, all traits that are essential to building high performing teams, interfacing with customers and solving complex problems.
![How Women Can Talk Themselves Out Of Speech-Based Gender Biases](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb491d611335c743fef24ce/1592056021796-CFPQFYR9IIFBT2NRF7XE/Each+time.jpg)
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This Reading List is curated by members of the ACCJ Women in Business Committee as a service to ACCJ members and the international business community in Japan.
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