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Egg freezing: controversial new benefit

Debate over Facebook's new staff perk rekindles dispute over women in the workplace - a key issue for women's lib movement

Published Sun, Oct 19, 2014 · 09:50 PM
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FREE meals, four months of maternity leave and now egg-freezing: Facebook's latest gift to its employees has rekindled debate on the role of women in the company.

The move aims to at the very least show that "we have a lot of work to do to help companies really understand what they need to do", said Carolyn Leighton, who founded WITI, a network of women working in the tech sector.

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