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No Such Thing As Equality For Women by Wendy Stenberg
For years equal opportunity for women has been thrust at us at every opportunity. Many men speak all the right words, yet the scales are still heavily balanced against women. In the list of the top wealthiest people in the world, women have a very low profile. Only two women are found in the top 20, at numbers 12 and 13.
Women continue to hold a very low position in the places of power. "Discrimination is changing at a snail's pace and still needs to be challenged", says Nicole Brewer, of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
"Women are paid less than men for the same work",5838 Ugg Bailey Button Bomber Jacket Grey Boots, says author Isabelle Allendale, "If paid at all. Women remain vulnerable because they have no economic independence and are constantly threatened by exploitation, violence and abuse. If a woman is empowered, her children and family will be better off". $20 are given to men's programs for every dollar given to women's programs.
Under a mantle of secrecy, the most powerful and richest people in the world, joined in an unprecedented secret meeting, at the home of the president of the Manhatton medical school, at Rockefeller University, at the invitation of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and David Rockefeller.
"We came together to see if we could join together to do more to help, in the light of the world economic downturn", said one of the attendees. "This group is very committed to philanthropy". It was reported the agenda for the five hour afternoon/dinner meeting was to consider ways to use their considerable financial resources to come to the aid of people in the midst of financial crisis.
The invitees included billionaire moguls such as, Michael Bloomberg, Ted Turner, George Soros, Peter Petersen and Eli Broad. All invitees were known for their philanthropic achievements. It would seem that Oprah Winfrey was the only female billionaire to attend the secret meeting.
Yet for all the moves forward in the equality race, women are still way behind the eight ball.
•Women equate to less than 1% of departmental heads, editors, media owners, but a third of the working journalists
•80% of purchasing decisions are made by women
•Women do 66% of the world's work but only receive 10% of world's income
•Women own less than 1% of the world's assets
•Globally women comprise 42% of Internet users
•Women are 66% of the 1 billion plus, illiterate adults who have no access to basic education, are women
•Worldwide women account for the majority of people over the age of 60 years old
•Only 21% of all news subjects are on females
Finally a piece of trivia: Women use 20,000 words a day, compared to 7,000 used by men.