Well, no news = good news? Not so sure in this case. The crazy conjuncture we are in is putting all the rules of the game upside-down...meaning no one no longer knows what to follow to have it right (or at least "OK", don't be too demanding here!!!). Equality of opportunities does not seem to be on the top of priority when so many companies are giving notices and the unemployment is increasing.
According to LT (05/03/2009), the number of women in leading position has increased from 22% to 33% and 47 to 47% in respectively chairperson and Board position in the public sector, when it is still going so slow in the private sector. No real figure is provided in the article, no real solution. AS usual, you see the problem, you can guess the effect but nothing is done to make any change in the situation. According to research done throughout my last year degree, it appears that women are often put into higher deciding position (i.e. chairperson, board member) when companies are doing bad, when the impact is already so high (read here the boat is close to sink ; ), that bringing a woman (or two) is not considered as increasing the risk already in which the company is in... Let's see what this financial crisis does for the still called "weak sex" and how companies are learning from it...
Sweden still keeping it slow to make it happen, still waiting and see what the rest of the world is doing... A good time for new measures it seems... Just jump and see how far you can swim : )
Fire and Ice
5 weeks ago
