A women's place has traditionally been in the home in most countries. However, more and more women living in Europe and North America, for example, are taking advantage of the opportunities that an education can bring and are entering into the workforce.

Read an article which looks at the issue of equal opportunities at work between the genders and listen to a radio debate on whether gender quotas should be used to ensure that women are equally represented in management positions.

With this article you will find out about:

• Western society: the growing presence of women at work
• language learning skills: that you can listen for a general understanding or for specific details
• language: creating compound nouns