Gender inequality across international markets: The opportunity costs for business
Mélanie Chevalier, Founder & CEO of Creative Culture explores the disparity in gender equality around the world, and how brands should be careful to not fit into the one-size-fits-all trap.
Mélanie Chevalier, Creative Culture Founder & CEO
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At Creative Culture, we have a mission to help companies support and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) around the globe, wherever they operate. An essential factor for success of DEI policies for businesses has been the need for a strong business case to support these and to ensure DEI remains at the heart of a company’s global proposition. An important element to remember is that cross-cultural sensitivity is essential to ensure long term success.
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When Nora Al Matrooshi was selected to join the United Arab Emirates space programme, she became the Arab world’s first woman astronaut.
Her selection – alongside male compatriot Mohammed Al Mulla – echoes the UAE’s focus on gender equality and equal opportunities.
The country continues to incorporate more women into technology sectors, expanding their role as they gain recognition for their contributions.
Casting off stereotypes
Over the last five decades, the traditional image of a male-dominated society has changed steadily, with growing numbers of women involved in all aspects of the nation’s development. But steps to ensure equality to accelerated in recent years.
Pakistan’s elite slicing away $17.4 bn in perks: UNDP
Sun Online Desk
17th April, 2021 03:38:04
Economic privileges accorded to Pakistan’s elite groups, including the corporate sector, feudal landlords, the political class and the country’s powerful military, add up to an estimated $17.4 bn, or roughly 6 percent of the country’s economy, a new United Nations report has found.
Released last week, the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) National Human Development Report (NHDR) for Pakistan focuses on issues of inequality in the South Asian country of 220 million people. “Powerful groups use their privilege to capture more than their fair share, people perpetuate structural discrimination through prejudice against others based on social characteristics, and policies are often unsuccessful at addressing the resulting inequity, or may even contribute to it,” says the report.
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April 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Economic privileges accorded to Pakistan’s elite groups, including the corporate sector, feudal landlords, the political class and the country’s powerful military, add up to an estimated $17.4 bn, or roughly 6 percent of the country’s economy, a new United Nations report has found.
Released last week, the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) National Human Development Report (NHDR) for Pakistan focuses on issues of inequality in the South Asian country of 220 million people. “Powerful groups use their privilege to capture more than their fair share, people perpetuate structural discrimination through prejudice against others based on social characteristics, and policies are often unsuccessful at addressing the resulting inequity, or may even contribute to it,” says the report.