Are Women Rising or Falling in Business?
Owning successful businesses have revealed nothing shorter than the equality many of them have established and others continue battling to attain. As modern men recognize these archaic and recurring issues with the hope that those in higher power would open more gateways, women will resume displaying their talents. Catalyst, a non-profit organization, expounds on statistically measuring how women in business have sprouted. From average to CEO positions a startling 42% of women dwindles, as the occupations demand more leadership skills and responsibilities.
From 2009 to 2013, Fortune 500 has improved a mere one percent in providing women the chance to act as executive officers. Forbes granted board seat positions to an additional 7% of women in 2013 from 1995. However, nearly 16% of women comprise the Financial Post 500 board seats after an 11-year span. The numbers are small, but with increased awareness and changes to the traditional system, women have a higher probability of magnifying those numbers in the approaching years. A steady growth is surging throughout these fields, not only in America but also around the globe.
Across the Pacific Ocean, women are also making significant strides for sheer recognition and equality. In the Japan Times, a woman’s international conference urged the Japanese administration and a number of enterprises to appoint more women in prominent job posts. They aspire to serve and work on equal wavelengths to their male counterparts. At the same time, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is peddling to loom what former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi started as ‘womanomics.’ As Japanese citizens are well aware, in the current Abe administration, the unveiling of the term ‘abenomics’ transpired as a result of the way he has reshaped the Japanese economy. With Abe’s assistance to sponsor women in business, it can certainly promote them in gaining pivotal roles in the workplace and the government.
Meanwhile in Somalia, women yearn to gain their independence regardless of the norm. Although most women in this country are a long way from attaining the wealth of successful women in more developed countries comparable to Japan and America, it does not prevent them from flying through muddy pastures in order to achieve their daily and longer-term goals. In some of the wealthiest countries, women want power for a variety of reasons. In countries like Somalia, it is not only about wealth and power but a need to survive and bring a decent meal to the table. In itself, this is an everyday scuffle for a number of people in lower than average living conditions. Women have families and risk being away from their loved ones in order to provide them with simple lifestyles. The government in Somalia is working on broadening these women’s opportunities. Yet, it does not have enough funds to support them all.
From one country to the next, the reasons for women attaining desired vocations vary. Survival, power, love, and equality are only a few reasons why women want to acquire leading jobs. Some women want to prove that their hard work is equal to that of men. Nonetheless, in some parts of the world, women start businesses to take care of their young and purely subsist. Are women failing or rising? It is clear that we are not stepping forward, but leaping into a better world.
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1.“In somalia, women are going into business – and succeeding.” www.rnw.nl. Radio Netherlands Worldwide Africa. Web. 24 April
2013. < http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/somalia-women-are-going-business-%E2%80%93-and-succeeding>
2. Mie, Ayako. “Raise corporate profile of women, confab urges. www.japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times. Web. 18 April 2014.
< http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/18/national/raise-corporate-profile-of-women-confab-urges/#.U2nJwq2SzDp>
3. Catalyst. “Pyramid: U.S. Women in Business.” New York: Catalyst, May 1, 2014.
4. Catalyst. “Quick Take: Statistical Overview of Women in the Workplace.” New York: Catalyst, March 3, 2014.
5. Blaszczyk, Regina. “Women in business: a historical perspective.” Boston: Smithsonian Institution. 2002.
From 2009 to 2013, Fortune 500 has improved a mere one percent in providing women the chance to act as executive officers. Forbes granted board seat positions to an additional 7% of women in 2013 from 1995. However, nearly 16% of women comprise the Financial Post 500 board seats after an 11-year span. The numbers are small, but with increased awareness and changes to the traditional system, women have a higher probability of magnifying those numbers in the approaching years. A steady growth is surging throughout these fields, not only in America but also around the globe.
Across the Pacific Ocean, women are also making significant strides for sheer recognition and equality. In the Japan Times, a woman’s international conference urged the Japanese administration and a number of enterprises to appoint more women in prominent job posts. They aspire to serve and work on equal wavelengths to their male counterparts. At the same time, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is peddling to loom what former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi started as ‘womanomics.’ As Japanese citizens are well aware, in the current Abe administration, the unveiling of the term ‘abenomics’ transpired as a result of the way he has reshaped the Japanese economy. With Abe’s assistance to sponsor women in business, it can certainly promote them in gaining pivotal roles in the workplace and the government.
Meanwhile in Somalia, women yearn to gain their independence regardless of the norm. Although most women in this country are a long way from attaining the wealth of successful women in more developed countries comparable to Japan and America, it does not prevent them from flying through muddy pastures in order to achieve their daily and longer-term goals. In some of the wealthiest countries, women want power for a variety of reasons. In countries like Somalia, it is not only about wealth and power but a need to survive and bring a decent meal to the table. In itself, this is an everyday scuffle for a number of people in lower than average living conditions. Women have families and risk being away from their loved ones in order to provide them with simple lifestyles. The government in Somalia is working on broadening these women’s opportunities. Yet, it does not have enough funds to support them all.
From one country to the next, the reasons for women attaining desired vocations vary. Survival, power, love, and equality are only a few reasons why women want to acquire leading jobs. Some women want to prove that their hard work is equal to that of men. Nonetheless, in some parts of the world, women start businesses to take care of their young and purely subsist. Are women failing or rising? It is clear that we are not stepping forward, but leaping into a better world.
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1.“In somalia, women are going into business – and succeeding.” www.rnw.nl. Radio Netherlands Worldwide Africa. Web. 24 April
2013. < http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/somalia-women-are-going-business-%E2%80%93-and-succeeding>
2. Mie, Ayako. “Raise corporate profile of women, confab urges. www.japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times. Web. 18 April 2014.
< http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/18/national/raise-corporate-profile-of-women-confab-urges/#.U2nJwq2SzDp>
3. Catalyst. “Pyramid: U.S. Women in Business.” New York: Catalyst, May 1, 2014.
4. Catalyst. “Quick Take: Statistical Overview of Women in the Workplace.” New York: Catalyst, March 3, 2014.
5. Blaszczyk, Regina. “Women in business: a historical perspective.” Boston: Smithsonian Institution. 2002.