The document outlines some of the basic challenges faced by women in the workplace, including a lack of proper training and education, working in a male-dominated society, balancing responsibilities to family and work, facing tough competition from male colleagues, and experiencing harassment from male co-workers. It also discusses pregnancy discrimination as an additional challenge and provides biographical information about Chanda Kochhar, the CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, as an example of a successful woman in business.