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Amidst all the rhetoric about the Republican "War on Women", it seems that some of the most strident voices in the Senate are themselves guilty of paying their female staffers considerably less than their male counterparts. And the gender gap among these staffers is often well above the national average.
Bear in mind, this article is found on a right leaning publication, and the tone is rather hyperbolic. Figures do not take into account hours of work or time on the job which inflate the apparent gap, but then again neither do the statistics used when Democrat politicians speak of a 23% income gender gap nationwide.
The data is independently verifiable (2010 U.S. Census Bureau) and available to everyone who wishes to contest the author's findings.
http://freebeacon.com/senate-dems-betray-lilly/Amidst all the rhetoric about the Republican "War on Women", it seems that... more
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When it comes to equality between men and women, the Nordic countries have everyone else beat. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009, which measures countries on how well they divide resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, placed Iceland at No. 1, followed by Finland, Norway (last year’s top ranked) and Sweden.
Rounding out the top 10 were New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Ireland, Philippines and Lesotho.
Some countries in the Western Hemisphere made great strides in improving their rankings, but not the United States. Paraguay (66) climbed a record 36 spots. The U.S. fell by three places, due to small declines in economic opportunities for American women, and improvements by other countries. The United States has a particularly low rating when it comes to the gap between the pay for men and women doing the same work.When it comes to equality between men and women, the Nordic countries have everyone... more
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Long gone are the days when Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky’s chess games embodied Cold War rivalries, and drew the rapt attention of nations. It seems that chess as the ultimate competition fell out of view after the close of the Cold War.
There’s an element of urgency to promoting women in chess in particular. For the first several decades of organized chess in the U.S., women were expressly banned from clubs and tournaments. Even as women’s chess clubs began cropping up at the turn of the 19th century, it wouldn’t be until 1937 that the first U.S. Women’s Championship would be held.
Bobby Fischer himself made several infamous statements (1) about limitations of women in chess. “Women make terrible chess players…I guess they’re just not too smart… I don’t think they should mess with intellectual affairs.”
One study compared men and women playing in the U.S. Chess Federation (by Chabris and Glickman in the journal of Psychological Science). The study examined all chess players that were active from 1992 to 2004 -- looking at age, sex, zip code, and rankings. They found that the disparity between men and women persists across all age groups, and that ability – not gender – is more likely to cause individuals to drop out of chess play.
But – and this is big - if you look at the participation rate of women as related to performance, you find that in cases where the participation rate of women and men is equal the disparity in ability vanishes. This suggests that girls have equal cognitive chances of succeeding in chess, but because boys dominate chess play, a gifted male child is more likely to find his way into tournament chess than a gifted female child.Long gone are the days when Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky’s chess games... more
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Public companies listed in Oman and Kuwait have more women on their boards than in Italy and Japan, highlighting rare gains made by businesswomen in one of the most restrictive parts of the world.
Women make up 2.7 per cent of boards in Kuwait, compared with Italy, where they represent 2 per cent and Japan, where the number falls to only 0.4 per cent.
The findings come from a survey into boards in the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council, due to be published on Monday by TNI, an Abu Dhabi investment bank, and Hawkamah, the Dubai-based institute for corporate governance.
The representation on boards in the two Gulf countries masks a bleaker overall picture: across the region women represent only 1.5 per cent of board seats, compared with 13.6 per cent in the US and 22 per cent in Norway.
“While the region appears as a global diversity laggard, Oman and Kuwait buck the trend to come out as regional diversity leaders – ahead of Italy and just a notch below Spain,” the report said.
Only 30 per cent of women participate in the economy in the Arab world, compared with a world average of 55 per cent.
The profile of Arab businesswomen has been rising and their impact on the private sector in particular has been increasing.
Although the most prominent businesswomen still tend to come from privileged backgrounds, many young women are now pursuing higher education, including women in Saudi Arabia, a very conservative state.
And they are determined to use their knowledge to start new businesses, particularly at a time when economies are booming.
Amer Halawi, a director at TNI, said there was “globally a significant lack of data when it comes to the economic representation of women” and that it was difficult to pinpoint a single factor that would explain numbers across the Gulf.
However, he said: “We have gathered anecdotal evidence that more economic, social and political freedom may yield a higher rate of female board participation.”
The report said a material change in the proportion of women directors in the six nations of the GCC was likely to take time.
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Women’s entrepreneurship matters – women are creating and running businesses around the world, contributing to economies that represent more than 70% of the world’s population and 93% of global GDP.
Female entrepreneurship is a key contributor to economic growth in low and middle income countries, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean.Women’s entrepreneurship matters – women are creating and running... more
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The Geneva-based World Economic Forum releases the Global Gender Gap Report annually, measuring four major areas of inequality between men and women: economic participation and opportunity, education attainment, political empowerment, and health and survival. As policymakers and business leaders seek to address talent shortages, there’s urgency to close gender gaps and make full use of male and female talents.
The most recent report, released late last year, assesses 128 countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations. To see highlights of the report that captured the magnitude of gender-based disparities across the world in 2007, read on.The Geneva-based World Economic Forum releases the Global Gender Gap Report annually,... more
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