Women’s equality in Business has been a serious focus of worldwide attention. Unfortunately, this focus has been primarily due to the more obvious violation of the fundamental rights of women. Leadership roles such as: Business, Politics, and in the home need to be addressed within the United States. In past years, the United States has made on-going progress towards women’s equality and empowerment in various aspects of society especially in employment and education. However, there are issues that we still need to address. For example; in many professions women continue to earn less than men, and are less likely to be promoted into higher leadership roles when compared to men. Now let’s ask why? Women face impeccable barriers, from in and
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What has changed over the years is women’s increased participation, leadership, and impact in a wider arrange of businesses. Women-owned firms have grown by one and a half times the rate of other small enterprises over the last 15 years and now account for almost 30% of all businesses (Johnson). “Statistics on women currently holding higher positions in business continue to rise but the percentages are still at a low with women CEO’s only making up 4.6%. Women within board seats being right around 19.2%, and women in executive managers and first line management roles leaving out at 25.1%, and 36.8 %”( CATALYST). At this current rate, it will take women decades to pull equal with men in leadership roles. You may ask; how do we increase these numbers?
A solution to this problem is; putting into place more assistance to families and single parent’s homes that could help them get into such said positions. We can only move forward looking at the bigger picture if there are plans put into …show more content…
Two-third of the states had a women in congress since this report in 2008. Many women are running for city council, major, and for state representative. Women in politics represent less than a quarter of office holders, even with the women making up most of the population, men still exceed women in government office. In the article “Women in Politics” Kenneth Jost states; “Women are still nowhere to par with equality, and they were outnumbered by a fact of three legislatures and a fact of five in congress”. Having an understanding of women’s equality in Politics can then help us to move forward to a better knowledge of women leadership roles in their own homes and
What has changed over the years is women’s increased participation, leadership, and impact in a wider arrange of businesses. Women-owned firms have grown by one and a half times the rate of other small enterprises over the last 15 years and now account for almost 30% of all businesses (Johnson). “Statistics on women currently holding higher positions in business continue to rise but the percentages are still at a low with women CEO’s only making up 4.6%. Women within board seats being right around 19.2%, and women in executive managers and first line management roles leaving out at 25.1%, and 36.8 %”( CATALYST). At this current rate, it will take women decades to pull equal with men in leadership roles. You may ask; how do we increase these numbers?
A solution to this problem is; putting into place more assistance to families and single parent’s homes that could help them get into such said positions. We can only move forward looking at the bigger picture if there are plans put into …show more content…
Two-third of the states had a women in congress since this report in 2008. Many women are running for city council, major, and for state representative. Women in politics represent less than a quarter of office holders, even with the women making up most of the population, men still exceed women in government office. In the article “Women in Politics” Kenneth Jost states; “Women are still nowhere to par with equality, and they were outnumbered by a fact of three legislatures and a fact of five in congress”. Having an understanding of women’s equality in Politics can then help us to move forward to a better knowledge of women leadership roles in their own homes and