Debatе: The Dawn of Females

Friday, 12 March 2010

The power and impact of women in private sector organisations, public and international institutions  has increased manifold in the past 10 years.

This trend pinnacled in 2009 and in the first months of 2010 and gender balance seems to be turning around for the good.

Need a proof?

In 2009, for the first time unemployment rate for women was lower than that of men (Eurostat).

To add, according to the IPU (Inter-Parlamentary Union) data the number of females in National Parliaments has increased and in some countries currently reaches unprecedented levels. For example, by 31 January 2010, women constituted 46.4% of Swedish Members of Parliament (MPs), 42.9% in Iceland, 42% in the Netherlands, and 40% in Finland. Other European countries  with significant  percentage of women in National Parliaments are Norway with 39.6%, Denmark and Belgium  with 38%, Spain with 36.6% and Germany with 32.8%.

The proportion of women in the European Parliament has also followed a similar trend. Today, over one third of the 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are women.

Traditions are on the change in the film industry as well. For the first time a woman has won the Academy award for best director (Kathryn Ann Bigelow with her movie "The Hurt Locker").

These are but a few examples that demonstrate the increasing influence of females. This is why it would not be surprising if women are on the lead in the future business generation.

All these occurances naturally lead to the question: Do we now enter the dawn of females?

Tell us what you think.