women in european work life piia-noora kauppi 31.1.2012
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Women in European Work Life
Piia-Noora Kauppi31.1.2012
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Economics of Equality
> World Economic Forum study: Measuring the Global Gender Gap
- Data from 58 countries- Index of five critical areas:
1. Economic participation 2. Economic opportunity 3. Political empowerment4. Educational attainment5. Health and well-being
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“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.”
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Gender Gap ranking
> Nordic countries on top of the list> Seven East European nations among top 25
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Nordic influence?
> EU and North America almost at the same level> Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt occupy the
lowest ranks Impact of Islamic tradition?
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Economics of Equality
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Economics of Equality
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Investments in equality = Success of nations
> Countries which don’t invest in half of their potential, misallocate their labour force and underestimate their potential competitiveness
> A direct link can be established between women’s position in the society and national competitiveness
> The European Union cannot be successful without women!
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Economics of Equality
> Strong correlation of Growth Competitiveness Index ranks and Gender Gap ranks!
> Countries with high standards of gender equality are global high achievers in growth and competitiveness
> Nota bene: There is no country which would have eliminated the gender gap
Work must continue!
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“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as
men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not
very difficult”
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The glass ceiling exists
> Women are more educated and achieve higher academic scores
> Only 5 % of Fortune-500 CEO’s are women > In Sweden, a mere 1.5 % of senior management are
women whereas in the 'hire-and-fire' USA, 11 % of senior management are women
> Despite the growing number of women attorneys (25-35%), only a small number are partners in law firms (5-15%)
> In US, 49% of high-achieving women are childless, compared to 19% of their male colleagues
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“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since
it consists principally in dealing with men”
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Gender Quotas
> In Norway 40% of board members have to be women by 2008
This is not the right way to go!
> Merit, not gender (male or female) should determine one’s career
> Does not lead to true equality
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“The best thing that could happen to a
chauvinist CEO is for him to have a bunch of
talented daughters”
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On ramp, off ramp
> Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Carolyn Buck Luce (Harvard Business Review 02/05)
> Pull factors vs. push factors> Off ramping widens the salary gap
- On average women lose 18% of their earning power, in business & banking sector, 28%- In general women careers are non-linear- Only 15% of highly qualified women single out ”a powerful
position” as an important goal - Ability to associate with people they respect (82%) much
more meaningful
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The problems at the top ranks
> Salary gap still exists: A woman’s Euro is only 78 cents
> Gender-based violence a huge problem Violence is broader in low gender gap countries such as Sweden and Finland- In Finland 80 000 housecalls yearly- 17 000 are cases of domestic violence
> Loosing the feminim advantage?- The case of Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of Areva- The paradox of becoming ”a Good Guy”
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“Women always worry about the things that
men forget; men always worry about the things
women remember”
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Gender equality in Asia
> China is the highest ranking nation in Asia> Study with young women
- Chinese girls want to become entrepreneurs, chief executives, professional experts etc
- Japanese girls want to marry a rich man and stay at home or work part time in education or health sector
> Reproductive health still in a very poor state One child policy is still living strong on the level of the
attitudes
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Women’s rights are human rights
> 1600 women die every day from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth
> HIV affects mainly women- In US, 90% of teenage AIDS cases are girls
> Yearly 2 million girls, usually aged 4-8, face female genital mutilation
> Women represent more than 2/3 of the world’s illiterate adults
> Women still hold only 15,6% of elected parliamentary seats
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The next steps
> Women in top positions must be the pioneers:
- Change the institutions they work in
- Be innovative in advancing gender equality
- Be good examples
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To Do
> We must eliminate ”Sister Peer Pressure Courts” which are based on envy
> We must get rid of ”Bad Big Sisters” which are women with low self esteem judging the choices of others
> We should educate our sons to become better men than their fathers
> We must be proud to be women!
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Summa Summarum
> Gender equality is a success factor
> There’s no perfect equality anywhere
A goal worth fighting for!
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Gabor
“I’m a marvelous housekeeper.
Every time I leave a man I keep his house.”
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