Today’s News:
(1) Financial Times published a fine article “Female politicians point the way towards equality” by Rebecca Knight. Well worth reading because it’s full of reference to research evidence from India & information on the introduction of quotas in Mauritius, Lybia, Tunisia & Rwanda. Strangely no mention of Ireland – probably because we haven’t yet introduced candidate selection quotas.
Concerning politics, the “Quota Project” and UK & US figures for % of female elected politicians are included.
As you’d expect, the FT broadened the discussion to the position of women in business – quoting research from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Harvard Business School & University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
Susan Knight, FT, began:
“As debate rages over the use of gender quotas in the boardroom, an increasing number of countries are introducing them to further women’s representation in the political domain….” Be sure to read the rest.
(2) Google Alert for “gender quotas” picked up a thought-provoking blogpost from “datbeardyman” Paul Bowler @datbeardyman – several comments there too.
(3) Valerie Keller, Founder & CEO, Veritas, heading to Davos, has a fine personal account of commitments to gender equality in corporate boardrooms in Huffington Post. Not at all political – but the points she makes may help us think about the legacy women face & carry into the political arena.
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