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The Last Gentlemen’s ClubLONDON – Is one of the last bastions of gender inequality in the rich democracies finally starting to crumble?
For example, Norway, which has been promoting positive gender discrimination for years and recently elected Erna Solberg as its first female prime minister, has yet to allow a woman to control the purse strings – at either the central bank or the finance ministry, with its powerful sovereign wealth fund.
In an effort to promote diversity and gender equality in the ECB, the European Parliament in 2012 blocked the appointment of Luxembourg’s Yves Mersch to the bank’s executive board.
If there are no suitable female candidates, it was argued, then the best candidate should prevail, regardless of gender.
If gender is a proxy for diversity, then central banks fail a basic test of it.
Promoting diversity – not only in terms of gender, but also with respect to age and, in many countries, ethnic background – is a matter of effectiveness as much as a question of social justice.
Private investors will need to agree to binding rules protecting social, environmental, human, and gender rights.
Anything that violates traditional gender stereotypes is severely sanctioned in Mexican society; therein lies the true foundation of homophobia.
Thus, homophobia, far from involving only homosexuals, affects everybody who does not fit into traditional gender roles.
The 17 SDGs, which include 169 individual targets, constitute an ambitious agenda to address everything from gender equity to sustainable cities and climate change.
Yet gender equality is necessary for the continent’s well-being.
The compounding benefits of ending legal, economic, and gender discrimination are vast.
The gender gap in enrollment in both secondary and higher education is very small; and women’s access to elite positions in law, medicine, and the civil service has increased considerably in recent years.
But a significant gender gap remains in terms of the return on human capital.
The current system tends to reinforce gender roles, encouraging children to follow culturally framed paths, instead of nurturing their individual interests and potential.
Nigeria’s radical gender inequality reflects a widespread tolerance of discrimination against girls, which facilitates the brutal actions of extremist groups like Boko Haram and creates fertile ground for traffickers.
Only a third of millennial men believe in traditional gender roles.
Similarly, India has a gender ratio at birth of around 110 boys for every 100 girls, with large regional variations.
Indeed, after adjusting for the gender imbalance, China’s Effective Fertility Rate (EFR) is around 1.5, and India’s is 2.45.
Relaxing the one-child policy might have some positive impact in the very long run, but China is already past the tipping point, pushed there by the combined effect of gender imbalance and a very skewed age structure.
The annual Goalkeepers report is a reminder issues like gender inequality, malnutrition, violence, and political instability will plague the world’s poorest people for decades to come.
Child marriage also thwarts ambitions to eliminate extreme poverty and promote gender equality.
In the rankings of economists, by contrast, criteria such as gender or geographic origin confirm the overall inertia.
School enrollment rates rose by 1% per year, and more quickly for girls than for boys, narrowing the gender gap.
The big temptation for the Democrats, now that they have won control of the House, is to make the most of what they see as their greatest strengths: racial and gender diversity, and a shared loathing of Trump.
And the way to do it would be to put less stress on sexual, racial, or gender identity, and more on the economy.
Reducing (or, better yet, eliminating) discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation is one way to accomplish this, as is ensuring property rights, in part so that people can borrow money against their homes to start businesses.
When handled properly, gender equality promotes business output and productivity, whereas sexual discrimination, if ignored, can destroy an office culture – and so much more.
The first priority is to achieve gender balance at the top.
A recent Boston Consulting Group study found that young male employees are often more open-minded than their superiors on issues like family leave and diversity, suggesting that true leadership on gender equality may actually come from a company’s youngest staff members.
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