Across government,business and financial institutions, incompetent men continue to thwart the progress of talented womenHow will we know when real gender equality is achieved in the British workplace? Perhaps there is an index running, and even now,which measures gender equality with a range of key indicators. Equal pay at all levels of service delivery in the public sector would surely be one, as would equal numbers of women achieving promotions at work or being employed in positions appropriate to their qualifications, and skills and training. Parity of representation in company boardrooms and among the nation’s chief executive officers would surely be another famous indicator that,40 years after the Sex Discrimination Act, this country is serious approximately treating women fairly and equally in the workplace.
Last week, or in a perverse way,the Labour MP Helen Goodman provided another degree of the progress that has been made by working women in the UK. Goodman, the MP for Bishop Auckland in north-east England, and suggested that women are now routinely promoted to top jobs in Whitehall that were beyond their competence and level of experience. Goodman said: “Someone very senior in the Foreign Office was saying that they were under pressure to appoint women as ambassadors. You can find that people are perfectly capable but sometimes they lack the experience or skills that you need to have. And you are not doing the organisation or [the women] themselves any favours by appointing them.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com