Santie Botha is the chancellor of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth – at 48, the youngest chancellor in South Africa – and serves on the board of Tiger Brands Limited and Famous Brands. She is a South African marketing pioneer who played a role in the success of the 2010 World Cup as head of marketing at FIFA sponsor MTN.
Maria das Gracas Silva Foster is the first female CEO of Petrobras, the largest company in the Southern Hemisphere.
“There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.” Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
At the end of 2016, the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) released some uplifting information. Average incomes in the Lima region has increased for both women and men, by 6.6% and 3.8% respectively. Not quite. According to INEI, females in Lima, Peru are still earning just 70.5% of what their male counterparts earn. This means that while men are earning an average monthly income of S/ 1,881.10, women take home just S/1,345.10, a difference of S/ 536.10. Certainly not a localized problem, difference in salaries has for some time been an issue of racism and sexism worldwide. Ageism in the workplace has also been on the rise. According to INEI’s statistics, those 45 years and older saw no change in salaries, however those in the age group 25-44 years saw the biggest leap, with a 5.4% increase in pay. Again, these numbers pertain to Lima. Industries with the…
The Senegal-Gambia-Guinea Bissau Women’s Forum in collaboration with the Gender Action Team (GAT) recently organize a ‘Peace Tent’ to drive home their concern as regards current security threats in Gambia at the Paradise Suites Hotel. These women are concerned about the increasing threats of insecurity and instability in The Gambia due to the current political impasse subsequent to the 1st December, 2016 Presidential elections. The ‘Peace Tent’ had in attendance members of the GAT, the delegation of representatives from the Women’s Platform in Senegal and Guinea Bissau, religious and venerable leaders, members of the diplomatic and consular corps, representatives from civil society organizations and other professional bodies and members of the general public. With the main purpose of the event to call on the relevant authorities in the persons of the Outgoing President Yaya Jammeh and Incoming President Adama Barrow to ensure that peace and stability continues to prevail in…
With only 41 per cent of countries regularly producing data on violence against women and only 13 per cent of countries having a dedicated gender statistics budget, the first-ever United Nations World Data Forum recently explored ways to close these data gaps. According to the Director of Policy Division at the UN Purna Sen,”Gender statistics are critical for setting priorities, planning interventions and assessing their impacts. They can put a spotlight on inequality and women and girls who are left behind.” The panel, titled ‘Gender Data for Decision-making: Strengthening the Links,’ was among the nearly 100 sessions and parallel events scheduled throughout the 15-18 January gathering in Cape Town, South African, of more than 1,400 data experts around the world. Ms. Sen said that when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted in September 2015, UN Women, formally known as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment…
Taiwan’s National Women’s League recently agreed to provide its financial reports to the Ministry of the Interior following recent speculations about their financial sources. This will be the first time the league will publicize its assets. Following a meeting between league officials and Civil Affairs Department Director Lin Ching-chi at the league’s headquarters in Taipei, the ministry announced that the league had agreed to provide an annual budget and detailed reports on its income and property by Monday. “They said that even though they are willing to provide the information, they will still need a few days to get things in order, because it is a different format to what they have given the National Taxation Bureau,” Civil Affairs Department Deputy Director Luo Rui-ching said, adding that the ministry would publish the league’s submission. The procedure is basically the same as that for political parties under the Civil Associations…
