Author: Rosalyne Marie Reber
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752606886
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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This practical guide offers a strategic and scientific-based approach to promote gender equality throughout the society with an historical footprint of the year 2020. You will find the latest review on the status of women in leadership in governments and public life from a national and international perspective. The book highlights the still existing gender gaps and the challenges women face in the advancement of their career. On the other hand the recommendations given along the way are identifying future opportunities for growth and aim to drive change in terms of diversity and inclusion. Through the interviews with successful women leaders from the public sector in Switzerland, the guide also offers insights on best practices and tips with inspiring career paths to follow. The policy recommendations given in the Manifesto part of the book are proposing 6 dimensions to acknowledge and bring concrete progress towards women's leadership in the public sector. It is a fundamental human rights to include more women in decision-making and public areas to shape the future of our economy. Men's proactive participation in the change towards professional equality could be decisive. The empowerment of women will only succeed if we all, as human beings, enable an equal society by taking concrete action to ensure ethical and sustainable progress for the higher good of our society.
Author: Rosalyne Marie Reber
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752644583
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Book Description
This practical guide offers a strategic and scientific-based approach to promote gender equality throughout the society with an historical footprint of the year 2020. You will find the latest review on the status of women in leadership in governments and public life from a national and international perspective. The book highlights the still existing gender gaps and the challenges women face in the advancement of their career. On the other hand the recommendations given along the way are identifying future opportunities for growth and aim to drive change in terms of diversity and inclusion. Through the interviews with successful women leaders from the public sector in Switzerland, the guide also offers insights on best practices and tips with inspiring career paths to follow. The policy recommendations given in the Manifesto part of the book are proposing 6 dimensions to acknowledge and bring concrete progress towards women's leadership in the public sector. It is a fundamental human rights to include more women in decision-making and public areas to shape the future of our economy. Men's proactive participation in the change towards professional equality could be decisive. The empowerment of women will only succeed if we all, as human beings, enable an equal society by taking concrete action to ensure ethical and sustainable progress for the higher good of our society.
Author: Tiffani Lennon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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According to recent data on women leaders across all major sectors in the United States, women are outperforming men but earning less and still hitting the glass ceiling. This book uncovers the best practices to remedy these inequities, optimize performance, and benefit both genders. In compiling and analyzing 2011–2012 data on women leaders across all major sectors in the United States, author Tiffani Lennon, JD, uncovered proof that women are outperforming men—yet salaries and positional leadership roles are disproportionate to the performance and accomplishments of women in nearly all sectors. Recognizing Women's Leadership: Strategies and Best Practices for Employing Excellence presents a comprehensive look at agencies and organizations with the smallest pay gap and the largest percentage of female positional leaders to reveal best practices and strategies that ensure gender parity and optimal business performance, including impact, revenue, and efficacy. The study examined in this book included approximately 1,500 for-profit companies, not-for-profit businesses, and other organizations and associations throughout the country to establish the number of women leaders among the top echelon in each industry. Researchers also calculated leadership performance by identifying the frequency with which women received industry distinctions and awards, were top revenue generators, and achieved best-sellers list status, among other sector-specific criteria. The ramifications of the study's findings portend the future of the United States as a global competitor and as such need to be part of the public discourse surrounding the state of the American economy.
Author: Maria J. D'Agostino
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317406877
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Governing in a Global World captures the panorama of women governing around the world. Even though the modern era marks history’s greatest advancements for women, worldwide they hold fewer than 30 percent of decision-making positions and are often missing from negotiating tables where policies are made and conflicts resolved. The opening chapters present trends and context for studying women in public service by focusing on path-setters across the globe, the status of women in the world’s executive and legislative bodies, and their participation in public service across several nations. Later chapters examine power, leadership and representation of women in public service, with several chapters looking at women governing from a regional perspective in the Middle East, Sub Sahara Africa, Latin America, and China. The final chapter presents empirical evidence that shows how policies to increase women’s representation in the public arena reduce gender inequality more than any other policy intervention. Taken together, the chapters illustrate the worldwide importance of, and challenges to, promoting gender equality and women governing.
Author: Maria D'Agostino
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 0763777250
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 359
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Women in Public Administration: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive exploration of the gender dimension in public administration through a unique collection of writings by women in the field.
Author: Lisa DeFrank-Cole
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN: 1071833952
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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While women in the United States account for nearly half the workforce, they continue to encounter unique personal, social, and structural dynamics as leaders. Authors Lisa DeFrank Cole and Sherylle J. Tan explore these dynamics and more in Women and Leadership: Journey Towards Equity. Grounded in leadership theory and research, this text delves into the barriers and challenges women face on their leadership journeys, including stereotypes, bias, inequality, discrimination, and domestic responsibilities. The text includes several chapters devoted to strategies and tools for overcoming obstacles, creating structural change, and moving towards greater equity.
Author: Mohamad G. Alkadry
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317451902
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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This book tackles the challenges that women face in the workplace generally and in the public sector particularly. While Women and Public Service spends time identifying and describing the problems that women faced in the past, it pays special attention to identifying possible remedies to these problems, and also surveys progress made in recent decades. The authors present the challenge of accommodating women in public sector organisations as both a fairness issue and also a human resources matter, as a fundamental prerequisite for recruiting the best and brightest talent. Key content coverage: The representation of women in public organisations, including occupational, agency and position level segregation Issues of pay equity--legislation, equal worth measures, and the serious links between the issue of representation and equal pay Special issues facing women in their workplace, including institutional climate, workplace violence, sexual harassment, social costs of career progression, and family-friendly policies.
Author: Leisha DeHart-Davis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110878724X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 71
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Women are still underrepresented as public-sector organizational leaders, despite comprising half of the United States public-sector workforce. To explore the factors driving gender imbalance, this Element employs a problem-driven approach to examine gender imbalance in local government management. We use multiple methods, inductive and deductive research, and different theoretical frames for exploring why so few women are city or county managers. Our interviews, resume analysis and secondary data analysis suggesting that women in local government management face a complex puzzle of gendered experiences, career paths and appointment circumstances that lend insights into gender imbalanced leadership in this domain.
Author: Hazel Conley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136236864
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The provision of state funded and democratically accountable care services represents one of the most potentially transformative advances in gendered social relations and equality for women by ‘defamilizing’ care and providing paid work. But the cost of providing these services, which women have access to them and how they should be provided are always at the forefront of debate, especially during economic crises. Socially funded and publicly accountable care services are therefore a key site of feminist activity, but also the frontline for spending cuts and 'reform' during times of austerity. Gender Equality in Public Services analyses how gender equality work in British public services is changing in response to factors including: equality legislation; the erosion of local democracy, privatisation of public services and new forms of feminist activism and leadership. It also assesses the challenges and opportunities for promoting women’s equality in producing and using public services. Impacting upon developed and developing economies, the arguments in this challenging book explore the potential of equality and feminist activism and leadership for radical and transformational change. It will appeal to advanced students, researchers and practitioners interested in social policy, feminist organization theory, equal opportunities and gender mainstreaming practice.
Author: Deborah L. Rhode
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190614722
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percentage of leadership positions, in America they hold less than a fifth of positions in both the public and private sectors. The United States ranks 78th in the world for women's representation in political office. In politics, although women constitute a majority of the electorate, they account for only 18 percent of Congress, 10 percent of governors, and 12 percent of mayors of the nation's 100 largest cities. In academia, women account for a majority of college graduates, but only about a quarter of full professors and university presidents. In law, women are almost half of law school graduates, but only 17 percent of the equity partners of major firms, and 22 percent of Fortune 500 general counsels. In business, women constitute a third of MBA graduates, but only 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. In Women and Leadership, the eminent legal scholar Deborah L. Rhode focuses on women's underrepresentation in leadership roles and asks why it persists and what we can do about it. Although organizations generally stand to gain from increasing gender equity in leadership, women's underrepresentation is persistent and pervasive. Rhode explores the reasons, including women's family roles, unconscious gender bias, and exclusion from professional development networks. She stresses that we cannot address the problem at the individual level; instead, she argues that we need broad-based strategies that address the deep-seated structural and cultural conditions facing women. She surveys a range of professions in politics, management, law, and academia and draws from a survey of prominent women to develop solutions that can successfully chip away at the imbalance. These include developing robust women-to-women networks, enacting laws and policies that address work/life imbalances, and training programs that start at an earlier age. Rhode's clear exploration of the leadership gap and her compelling policy prescriptions will make this an essential book for anyone interested in leveling the playing field for women leaders in America.
