Explain:

are men and women treated equally in their work place and in society

No, men and women are not treated equally in their workplace AND in society because, somehow men have a crooked visual of women not being able to do what men can.. as far as the same work.

when a woman has yet to prove that she can do as much AND MORE, it not only to prove her self right but to boost her self esteem, confidence, and assurance.

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.