“The time is now.
We must move from rhetoric, just recognizing the problems to work on
set, to start building together what we want to see and have”.
phrase was expressed by Hillary Clinton in her speech for the
Equality in access to rights in 1995 in China 23 years ago.
Twenty-three have passed
years and it seems that it had been commented on yesterday. great have been achieved
advances worth recognizing, for example in Mexico and many other countries
There is legislation to guarantee the political participation of women. Of the
same way in recognizing these advances we must understand that we are far
to achieve equality in access to opportunities.
A report published by “Credit Suisse” in 2016 described that companies that had at least one woman on their board of directors had better returns on their investments compared to companies without women on their board. This is one of the many studies that have found this type of finding. Some even affirm that the companies in which the management staff reaches 15% of women, become 50% more profitable than those who only have 10% of women among their managers. But then, if statistics dictate some of the benefits of gender equity and what equality in access to opportunities represent, why are we far from obtaining it?
According to a study of
Huffington Post, men in Mexico have an average salary of $353 pesos
and women of $309 pesos, that is, 14% more for men. A
Difference that represents more than 16,000 pesos per year for: tuition,
Food, vacation, professional advance. Simply
One more chance to live better. this
It doesn’t just happen in Mexico; The women’s world cup champion team
United States) earned 2 million dollars as a prize, not insignificant; more minimal
If it is compared to the 35 million dollars that Germany took to win
The Men’s World Cup.
These differences are
have reduced, but it is not enough, we need help, because today it suits us
As a community, it suits us as companies, as fathers and mothers,
Tomorrow it will suit our sons and daughters. If today we had the
opportunity to rewrite the message 23 years later we will have to say that:
Time is now, it’s
time to go from rhetoric, where it is useless to recognize the problem if you do not
we accompany joint actions, first being human before being men
or women. Time is now, it is not important but urgent that we understand that
Gender equity helps us all and as such gender equity and
Equality in access to opportunities is everyone’s competence.
source @memoasiain
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