{"id":15254,"date":"2014-02-28T04:53:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T03:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=15254"},"modified":"2014-02-28T08:22:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T07:22:21","slug":"using-quotas-to-achieve-gender-equaity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/using-quotas-to-achieve-gender-equaity\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Quotas to Achieve Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the media, meritocracy governs. \u00a0Men can be a woman’s chief of staff. \u00a0Usually it is in the interest of an employer to hire the best person. \u00a0But this does not seem to govern the world of business.<\/p>\n

In Australia 17.6 percent of non-executive directors in top 200 companies are women. \u00a0But 62 of these companies have no women at all.<\/p>\n

The reality is that many men, and some institutionalised corporate women, have a bias against women. \u00a0\u00a0Quotas may be necessary to enforce a behaviour change. It isn’t possible to change attitudes as easily but it’s the outcome that matters in the short term. \u00a0What would Silicon Valley make of quotas?<\/p>\n

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In the media, meritocracy governs. \u00a0Men can be a woman’s chief of staff. \u00a0Usually it is in the interest of an employer to hire the best person. \u00a0But this does not seem to govern the world of business. In Australia … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t