Emma Watson, best known as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter films, spoke this week at the World Economic Forum about the importance of including women as equal participants in economic leadership.
It is my belief that women need to be equal participants…world is held back bc they are not #heforshe @EmWatson l pic.twitter.com/uLrGtuOnOq
— Millennium Campaign (@mcampaign) January 23, 2015
The reason this is important is the response she has received:
“Shutting women out of economic opps is probably biggest waste in the world” – Stefan Lofven, PM Sweden #action2015 pic.twitter.com/m5czeqlMCJ — UN Women (@UN_Women) January 23, 2015
The biggest waste in the world.
I sincerely hope you’ll join me and share your support the HeForShe Campaign.
Here’s the entire speech:
Did you miss @EmWatson’s #HeForShe speech from @Davos #WEF15 this morning? Watch here: http://t.co/PZRsWe5AOE
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— HeForShe (@HeforShe) January 23, 2015
Here are a few of this week’s links from the GMP business section that you might like:
Inspiration Unpacked: The Business of Purpose and Desire
Organizational Business—Let’s Give Life To Organizations
How To Set Yourself Apart in the Business World
7 Ways To Be A Full-Time Student While Building A Business
She’s right about women’s contributions and ability to contribute being important and it’s probably a good idea to create an environment suitable for them. I remember taking a late night service call. The woman was far along in her pregnancy and so I asked her how she was doing. She mentioned that her back was killing her so I asked why she didn’t ask for one of those back braces you strap to the back of the chair. She told me her boss (female) wouldn’t let her have one. I went to the board room and grabbed one of those… Read more »
I am sure my comments won’t be met with an open heart and support. But what struck me after reading the comments to this piece was how completely unsupportive, accusatory and defensive the responses were in an attempt to marginalize women and suggest they don’t work as hard as men do in the work field. You think women are the only ones in the work field who sent poor examples sometimes? Get real. I have worked in professional jobs where I watched the good-old-boys club exclude female executives from their “fun times” while they went out to eat together or… Read more »
John, just because the girl refused your help, it doesn’t mean she was “fears and distrusts men”. She just didn’t trust you or your intentions. It’s actually scientifically proven that those who exercise more caution and are a bit more distrustful preserver. And just because she refused your help, it does not mean she was not taking “personal responsibility” for herself. Frankly, a lot of young females learn very early on that most males usually won’t offer you help unless the find you attractive and have hopes for something in return. Most males don’t spend time socializing with, taking time… Read more »
@ Erin What usually happens is there is a difference of opinion as to the cause and solution to a problem who both believe exist. Sometimes people confuse disagreement with hostility. I used to work in a all female (except for me) department. They’ve brought in nudie mags of men. I’ve been there for the start of conversations where they described their underwear, etc. Whenever that’s happened, I considered it a good time to check on the server room. The difference between what happened to you and I was that I was present when that started. You walked in to… Read more »
——- John, do you think that because a woman you worked with brought in a nudie mag this proves that the “boys club” doesn’t exist? The likelihood that most women are routinely bringing in nudie magazines of men to work vs the reverse of that is probably not an experience most people are having. But believe me, it’s totally uncalled for, that she did that and I would never have done such a thing to my male workmates. But if you don’t believe me, talk to other women and men about it. For this, I am so certain, that I… Read more »
The proposition that women do the same work as men and get paid less simply because they are women is a well-supported one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male%E2%80%93female_income_disparity_in_the_United_States
If so, this is a disgrace, and well done to Emma Watson for highlighting it.
@ Korou Here is what one economist determined by looking at the “wage gap” and hours worked. Now, you also have to remember that unless you’re willing to eliminate over time compensation for workers there could still be a variance in linear compensation. “In keeping with those findings, Goldin’s new paper shows that the size of the pay gap in most occupations is closely associated with how employers reward long hours. In business and finance (shown in red on the graph below), workers are richly compensated for pulling marathon workweeks, and the pay gap looks like a canyon. In tech… Read more »
I agreed with you, Mr. Brechlin. I get tired of women expecting me to move heavy boxes around the office when their job duty statement stated that they will have to lift and move 20 to 30 lbs of boxes. If they don’t want to do part of their job, then they should have not applied for the job. If women wanted to be equal partners, let them work in the coal mines since they think that they can do any job that men can do. I also am tired of hearing many high ranking female managers complaining about how… Read more »
Is this the same world economic forum that, in their annual gender gap report only counts things as being “unequal” when women are behind men, and not the other way around?
We should be glad about that, though. It would be very bad to be blamed not only for where men are ahead but also for where they are behind. 😉
Yup, they should be equal so perhaps they should start to take on an equal role.Throughout the past 40+ years I’ve worked, If something needed to be lugged, lifted, moved, packed, unpacked etc. it was ALWAYS men who have been asked to do so. Our unit admin asst. received a load of 6 boxes of copy paper. And who did she ask to get the paper from the loading dock? The few male staff that’s on the unit. Her job description states that she needs to be able to lift 75 pounds. This is just one example where I’ve seen… Read more »
@ Tom Brechlin You’re correct. My nephew worked for a department store. He was compensated the same as the female employees. He was designated cashier / carryout while the women were simply designated cashiers. The carry out was because he was expected to assist customers with heavy items. Because heavy items might be returned the men were also expected to process the returns. I work IT and it happens there too. Just yesterday I was asked to move a box of supplies. It was heavy, but the thing that was weird was there were TWO female employees there. When I… Read more »