Dec 22, 2009
Women A Must For Economy
Women contribute about one-fourth to one third to the global economy and their contributions are likely to get bigger irrespective of sector divide. They are also more than half of the work force. Despite their role, they are pinned down and not allowed to progress or are even passed up for a lesser meritorious male colleague.
Women are often subjected to gender bias at work and business. They are given roles which emphasize gender differences and their progress is often shunned by their superiors. In service oriented industries, women are given slow growing profiles which get them no where after years of toil. Even the best of them must have experienced bias at some point. There is a call for change now and it is getting stronger at all levels. Some policy changes have brought much required relief to the business woman.
The growth of women in all businesses is phenomenal and the economy has gained handsomely from it. Women are establishing businesses faster than men. Women have always been natural multitaskers and requirement for them to manage their familial have only made them better. But women can’t take male domination and all the problems that come with it anymore. Wars of history and all the misery including the recent financial crisis that crippled the global economy are mostly male doings.
Many resources like education are not accessible to women in a good number of countries. The efforts to bring change have only benefited a few and a lot more has to be done to make the society all inclusive.
Many countries argue that development and the needs of the community must come first, rather than providing a preferential focus on women’s development needs and their rights. Hence, women will not only lack business management skills but also business development/marketing skills and a business network.
Women bring a vision that is to be acknowledged and valued and hence it is time to place women’s empowerment in business back into the framework of gender equality, where it has always belonged.
Vicki Irvin of the Superwoman Lifestyle Forum has been giving advice to all the women business owners and entrepreneurs who are seeking ways to increase their client base and explode their income. Learn further on Women’s Networking.
