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Gender diversity
The document discusses gender diversity by highlighting key differences between women and men, examples of low and high gender diversity across various countries, and methods to measure gender diversity. It includes statistics on women's representation in leadership positions, societal norms affecting women's roles, and the economic impact of gender diversity in the workforce. The text draws on various sources and provides specific examples from countries like Saudi Arabia, India, and Japan.
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Gender diversity
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- 2. Question # 1 Whatdifferences between women and men are there? Question # 2 What are some examples of low gender diversity? Question # 3 What are some examples of high gender diversity? Question # 4 How do we measure gender diversity?
- 3. Question # 1 Whatdifferences between women and men are there?
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- 5. Question # 2 Whatare examples of low gender diversity?
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- 8. Country Percentage ofwomen leaders Taiwan 21% India 14% Japan 8% http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/08/05/companies-do-better-with-women-leaders-but-women-need-more-confidence-to-lead-study-says/
- 9. http://chartsbin.com/view/r80 Proportion of seatsheld by women in national parliaments
- 10. In Saudi Arabia,Saudi women accounted for less than 1% of the private-sector workforce in 2009. www.strategy-business.com/article/11209?pg=all
- 11. In Saudi Arabia,children are – legally - under the sole guardianship of their father. http://genderindex.org/country/saudi-arabia
- 12. In Saudi Arabia,women need to be accompanied by a male relative when travelling inside or outside the country. http://genderindex.org/country/saudi-arabia
- 13. Of the 260lingerie shops in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 5 shops are staffed by women. http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A91S820101110
- 14. In Saudi Arabia,women and girls are banned from sports. http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/saudi-arabia
- 15. In Saudi Arabia,women are banned from driving. http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/saudi-arabia
- 16. The question ofallowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia will save more than 500,000 jobs in addition to the social and economic benefits. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Sources http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=58140 http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/world/meast/saudi-prince-women-driving
- 17. For Arab families,honor is one of the highest values. Since family honor is dependent upon female purity, extreme modesty and sexual segregation must be maintained at all times. http://www.healthcarechaplaincy.org/userimages/Cultural_Spiritual_Sensitivity_Learning_%20Module%207-10-09.pdf
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- 26. In 2013, ArwaAl-Hujaili became Saudi Arabia’s first female lawyer. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/09/business/saudi-arabia-first-female-lawyer/
- 27. In 2013, NiloofarRhmani became the first female pilot in Afghanistan. http://www.kdab.afcent.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123349132
- 28. In China, only12% of publicly listed companies have at least 1 woman senior executive. Chinese capitalism is ahead of Chinese communism – the Politburo remains 100% male. http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/how-6-countries-compare-on-executive-gender-balance/
- 29. In Japan, the percentageof female graduates is low http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/09/female-graduation-rates
- 30. Women represent 1%of executive committee members in the top 20 Japanese companies http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/how-6-countries-compare-on-executive-gender-balance/
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- 32. http://blog.oecdfactblog.org/?p=400 In India, womenspend much more time than men each day doing housework Minutes
- 33. In Italy, womenspend 5 hours a day on housework. Men in Italy spend less than 1½ hours. http://hbr.org/2013/04/women-and-the-economics-of-equality/ar/1
- 34. There are fewwomen in the Italian parliament http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2013.pdf
- 35. BMW was forcedto recall a female-voiced navigation system on its 5 series cars in the late 1990s after being flooded with calls from German men saying they refused to take directions from a woman. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/21/tech/innovation/female-computer-voices/
- 36. 6% women onexecutive boards of the largest Swiss companies http://www.schillingreport.ch/upload/public/5/4175/schillingreport%202014%20Webversion%20E.pdf
- 37. Year when womengot the right to vote Year Country 1893 New Zealand 1913 Norway 1963 Iran 1971 Switzerland 2005 Kuwait 2015 Saudi Arabia http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Royal-reprieve-for-Saudi-woman-driver/articleshow/10177933.cms http://www.mba.unisg.ch/org/es/mba.nsf/SysWebRessources/March-April/$FILE/Norway.pdf http://demokratie.geschichte-schweiz.ch/chronologie-frauenstimmrecht-schweiz.html http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm
- 38. Question # 3 Whatare examples of high gender diversity?
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- 40. Women mayors, 2003– 2008, around the world https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/01/where-are-the-women-in-global-leadership-7-charts/
- 41. Country Percentage ofwomen leaders Canada 50% Philippines 41% USA 41% Thailand 40% http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/08/05/companies-do-better-with-women-leaders-but-women-need-more-confidence-to-lead-study-says/
- 42. For companies inthe top quartile of executive-board diversity, ROEs in the USA were 95% higher, on average, than they were for those in the bottom quartile. https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Organization/Talent/Is_there_a_payoff_from_top-team_diversity_2954
- 43. Firms with womenin top positions perform better - especially if the firms pursue an innovation intensive strategy, in which creativity and collaboration are especially important. Source 2008 study on the top 1,500 U.S. companies from 1992 to 2006. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/308135/?single_page=true
- 44. Sources http://www.catalyst.org/media/companies-more-women-board-directors-experience-higher-financial- performance-according-latest http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/changing_companies_minds_about_women Fortune 500 companieswith the highest percentages of women board directors outperformed those with the least by 66% measured by return on invested capital.
- 45. https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_global_gender_agenda_3027 In Scandinavia, the percentage ofwomen on corporate boards is relatively high
- 46. In Scandinavia and inFrance, public expenditure on child care and pre- school education services is relatively high http://assets.unicef.ch/downloads/rc8_eng.pdf
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- 49. Question # 4 Howcan we measure gender diversity?
- 50. Pay to womenfor doing work x Pay to men for doing work x
- 51. Number of womenworking for company y Number of men working for company y
- 52. Number of femaleleaders working for company y Number of male leaders working for company y
- 53. Number of femaleparliament members in country z Number of male parliament members in country z
- 54. Time that womenspend on household work per month Time that men spend on household work per month
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