More women in power, yet remain a minority‏ ‏in a male-dominated world

In a feature published by L’Orient Le Jour daily, the AFP journalist Sylvie Groult, wrote a ‎feature on women in power focusing on prominent figures in global politics, and concluding that ‎despite the growing numbers of influential women, yet they remain a minority in a macho male-‎dominant world. Naming a few, Groult mentioned the former US Secretary of State and ‎presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton, the current British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and the ‎German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Other names include, Yuriko Koike, the first woman ‎‎ governor of Tokyo, and Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary ‎Fund, besides, past leaders, like Indira Gandhi of India and Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan. The ‎feature also cited a survey by UN Women indicating that women in Rwanda, South Africa and ‎Cape Verde represented more than 30% of ministers. And while Groult hailed the newly elected ‎women mayors of Rome and Turin,  Virginia Raggi and Chiara Appendino, Sofia Ventura, ‎professor of political and social sciences at the University of Bologna, maintained that their ‎election cannot yet be defined as a clear step forward and definitely not a turning point to a ‎country like Italy which is still considered a macho state. And according to Columbia University ‎political science professor, Esther Fuchs, women face bigger challenges in senior positions ‎worldwide. (As Safir, L’Orient Le Jour, August 10, 11, 2016)‎

 

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