 | | Diversity in the News | March 14, 2012 | LEAD STORY
The Emerging Female-Friendly 21st Century: A Gender Revolution is Under Way
Amid the debris of the current global economic cataclysm, men are facing their shattered dreams—and those of others who entrusted their savings to them. From the sidelines, powerful women, capable of not only cleaning up the mess but also seizing the spoils, are emerging worldwide.
Since the beginning of this millennium, we have witnessed a worldwide swell of achievements by women, marked by important signposts. In 2010, for the first time in history, women in the male-breadwinner-dominated United States made up more than half of the workforce, machista Latin America elected three female presidents and post-genocidal Rwanda became the first country with a female majority in its parliament.
But this story is not just about rising numbers. It’s more fundamentally an economic story of how, as with so much in our world—demographics, technology, the Great Global Recession—has turned everything we know about how things work upside-down. Women have proven they are as well or better equipped than men to navigate the realities of the newly diverse, globalized, knowledge-based service economy. Before we make this case, a few words on the premise of cultural and gender diversity we use here.
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The largest percentage of employed Asian, white and Black women (47, 41, and 34 percent, respectively) work in management, professional, and related occupations. The largest percentage of employed Latinas (32 percent) work in sales and office occupations. (Bureau of Labor Statistics) |
Diversity Holidays
March is Women’s History Month. Started in 1987, Women’s History Month recognizes all women for their valuable contributions to history and society.
March is also National Mental Retardation Awareness Month, which was established to increase awareness and understanding of issues affecting people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
March is National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month. It was established to raise public awareness of the autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord and assist those with multiple sclerosis in making informed decisions about their health care.
March 13 – April 15 is Deaf History Month. This observance celebrates key events in deaf history, including the founding of Gallaudet University and the American School for the Deaf.
March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday started in Ireland to recognize St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who brought Christianity to the country in the early days of the faith.
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