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Group Vice President Training,
transferred from London, UK to
Los Angeles, USA
I faced challenges, not as a
female, but as a mother and
wife - taking into account [relo-
cation issues facing] the whole
family at the same time. It is
very diffi cult, when coordinat-
ing the timing of transfers, to
suit your spouse's job and chil-
dren's schooling. It would help
if more people accepted that the
woman can be the transferee
and that you are not just in the
host country because of your
husband's work. Most people
you meet give their business
cards to your husband, which
can be frustrating.
- Kathy Scalabre
Country Manager, moved from
Milano, Italy to Seoul, Korea

I Can't recall any issue I've had
in relocating that has related
directly to my gender Except,
perhaps, for the assumption that
all women expats are accompa-
Preparing for how gender dis- somewhere to live, starting a new 1fl'ing spouses, making some of
the services not entirely appro-
crimination might - and might job and getting to know people,
not - occur can get women trans- even figuring out where to buy priate [or more diffi cult to par-
ferees off on the right foot. things. Because I had to work and ticipate in]. For example, what
travel so much, it was really a good is a coffee morning to me
when I'm stuck in the office with
Female Transferees Talk challenge. Being a woman in a
male-dominated industry moving the boys? But I don't feel that I
Crown's own expatriate women have missed out on an
my
share their experiences and sug- to the US culture, which seemed to male colleagues have enjoyed.
gestions have a slightly different attitude
towards professional women, pro- - Laurie Hibbert
Regional Human Resources
My difficulties stemmed from vided some challenges. If anyone Manager, transferred from
being a single transferee more else asks me if I have transferred Hong Kong to Rotterdam, the
with my husband's job, or where is
than from being a female trans- Netherlands
feree. There was not enough time he anyway - I'll scream.
- Norah Franchetti
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