The Impact Of Women And Leadership
Women’s minimal leadership role in national and local political spheres
remains a serious concern worldwide. in the commonwealth Gender plan of action
for gender equality 2005-2015 calls on government to introduce measures to
promote at least 30 per cent representation of women in parliament, government
and business. The impact of women’s political leadership on democracy and
development describes the barrier to women’s political participation and
explains why the contribution of women is so crucial to democracy. It
identifies established strategies- electoral reform (New Zealand), party
voluntary quotas (south Africa), and legislative quotas (Bangladesh and India)-
that have helped these commonwealth countries to meet gloat target of 30
percent and thus to effectively advance the participation of women in decision-
making at all levels.
No country can make
progress if it locks out a half of its population. Increasing contribution of
women in the workplace would call for increasing contribution of men at home.
As Sheryl Sandberg said: “A world where half our homes are run by men, and half
our institutions are run by women, would be a far better world!”Equitable hiring is fundamental to bringing men and women to the same
footing. Only then shall a discussion about retention and growth of women at
workplace matter.
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