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Starting off at the grass roots levels, at home!
Are we doing it, are we educating our young girls that they are at the same "level" as men?
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Why are there not more women? I have always wondered: Why are there not more women in senior positions in Namibian politics and busainess? I mean there is all this talk and commitment to gender equality and son on, but why does it not happen? As a woman I feel more could and should be done to get womein into leadership positions, but I just don't know why it is not happening in Namibia? Is it because the men's network keep them out? Is it because there are not enough talented and competent womein (which I incidentally do not believe at all). Is it actualyl discrimination on the part of the people in the political parties who select candidates to stand in elections, or for positions? What's going on?
Re: Why are there not more women? We need to start off with knowing , what we can do to maintain this equality!
Starting off at the grass roots levels, at home!
Are we doing it, are we educating our young girls that they are at the same "level" as men?
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Re: Why are there not more women? We need to think out side the box, I'm afraid to say, gender consioussness and gender blindness need to be address first.
What is needed are evolution of policy decisions, to look at state and other initiatives on affirmative action and equal opportunity.
The government use anti-affirmative action measures as a divide-and-conquer strategy, creating the illusion that affirmative action programs operate on preferences and quotas.
All cheap and empty talk scams.
Do not give up, you have my support.
pangkas
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Re: Why are there not more women? About ten years ago I got offered a job "because I was the ideal Affirmative Action" candidate. One of the other candidates, white male, wasconsidered more experienced but I was offered the job on basis of my skin colour.
WHOA, stop the lorry!
After much thought on women's issues and whether I would inlcude it in my upcoming book on economics, I thought I should take a stand.
A woman is as good as any man. The problem is rather with the marketing of the political woman in our environment. I somtimes despair when I read "a female politicain said...". If it had been a man we don't mention their gender.
Lastly, I am probably biased as I have five daughters. But trust me, they grow up thinking they are better than men!
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