"While women are now making up over 40% of those enrolled in medical school there is a noticeable drop off afterwards, with about 24% acting as working physicians."
This is exactly the same problem we have in the digital/new media industry. Women disappear from the work force as their careers progress, and there are not many in senior management. I think this is an important problem to address - why are they leaving? Are they not being given opportunities? Is the workplace an undesirable environment? Are their male partners not taking equal responsibility for housework and children, so they feel they must leave work in order to have work/life balance? I think we won't achieve a proper gender balance in professional life until these issues are identified and solved.