World News Archive
Archived news from the world's media relating to changing gender roles and practises in work, life and politics. Articles are listed in chronological order.
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April 2001
Women Working in Technology
Women working in the technology sector find gender can be an obstacle to their development. A survey in the US found women felt they had to fit into a masculine workplace where gender was a barrier to advancement and people assumed they were not as technically proficient as male colleagues.
From SiliconValley.com
Positive Discrimination in Politics
There is growing cross-party consensus in the UK to support the introduction of legal amendments to allow positive discrimination in politics.
From www.thetimes.co.uk
March 2001
It's a Man's World
Only 3% of executives at the highest level are women, while the average intake in a City firm (London, UK) is divided equally between the sexes. According to the Equal Opportunities Commission, women working full-time in banking and finance earn 55% of male colleagues' earnings.
From www.guardian.co.uk
February 2001
Call to eliminate gender pay gap
Three decades after equal pay legislation came into force in Britain, women still receive significantly less pay than men, the Equal Opportunities Commission has said. The commission wants the gap to be halved within five years and completely eradicated within eight.
From news.bbc.co.uk
Where's the new IT girl?
Large technology companies are realising that women could help fill the skills gaps in the industry. "It seems ironic that we have got a skills shortage and yet there are so few women in IT," said Louise Proddow, marketing director of Sun Microsystems in the UK. Women account for only 24 per cent of employees in the UK IT sector and 20 per cent of IT professionals in the US.
From www.ft.com
Law gives women a lift into French council chambers
Political parties in France are urgently wooing women candidates. A new law requires parties to field an equal number of men and women candidates for most elections. The law will operate in this year's local elections which are scheduled for March.
From www.guardian.co.uk
Landslide win for Bahrain reforms
Women will be able to vote and stand for office in parliamentary elections in Bahrain from 2004. The groundbreaking move, the first of its kind in the Gulf region, is part of a new constitutional settlement to turn the state into a constitutional monarchy.
From news.bbc.co.uk
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