Interesting topic for this week's blog as this issue has come up in the course of my work for GOPAC. The upcoming global conference includes a series of workshops geared towards developing human capital in the on going fight to strengthen government institutions and fight corruption. It was a priority for provide equal representation and include a number of guest speakers and expert partners that are female.
Retrospectively speaking, the development of civilization has been marked by struggles. The struggle for equality has marked the aim of humanity and democracy. Whether it be the civil rights movements led by Malcom X or the violent revolution led by Che, as human beings we want everything to be equal.
Gender equality is one of the most important aspects of making our society fair. The role of gender not only reflects how intellectually advanced we are, but provides an equal playing field based on performance and combating bias.
It seems that Norway is really leading the way for gender equality legislations as it is severely advanced compared to the rest of the world. According to Nina, she said that in Norway a certain percent of executives in the most powerful businesses have to have female representation. Maternity leave can also be taken by the male partner and also a variety of other things that I forgot about our conversation a month earlier.
All in all, gender is something we must tackle to ensure equality.
Cheers ; )
1 comment:
"Whether it be the civil rights movements led by Malcom X or the violent revolution led by Che, as human beings we want everything to be equal"
Is this true? Wern't Malcom X and Che fighting strong forces AGAINST equality? Arn't there all kinds of vested interests in inequality? Thats why fighting for equality is difficult. I think you need to take another look at your overly simplistic construction of human nature.
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