Women in power
Hillary Clinton, President of the USA. Segolene Royal, President of France. Belinda Stronach, Prime Minister of Canada. This could be a reality in a few years. And these women will join Angela Merkel (Germany), Tarja Halonen (Finland), Mary McAleese (Ireland), Gloria Arroyo (the Philippines) and others as women Heads of State.
Closer home, Sonia Gandhi is running the Government of India. Benazir Bhutto could usurp power in Pakistan. Begum Khaleda Zia or Sheikh Hasina could come back to power in Bangladesh; Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar; Chandrika Kumaratunga in Sri Lanka.
The next decade could well be dominated by women leaders. Interestingly (and not very surprisingly) most of these women represent parties which are ideologically left of center. Except maybe for Merkel, whose party is conservative.
Of the large and growing economies, only China doesn’t seem like accepting a woman in the top role — the last male bastion?
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Donno why, but I was smiling as I read this.
U missed NZ’s long standing PM Helen Clark, now in her third tenure
@Anu: Why?
@Gopps: Yeah; another person I missed was Liberia’s Harvard-educated economist Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
dude u forgot JJ.Although she has a bad reputation,She did something good with the govt employees.
Women in power…
Hillary Clinton, President of the USA. Segolene Royal, President of France. Belinda Stronach, Prime Minister of Canada. This could be a reality in a few years. And these women will join Angela Merkel (Germany), Tarja Halonen (Finland), Mary McAleese (I…
Does it help governance ??
@Alagu: JJ, yes, but she wasnt a “Head of State”, right?
@GD: I don’t think there is any difference really. I am of the view that there should be minimal governmental interference in our lives. Maybe, if we were to buy into the feminist viewpoint, it is another step in the evolution of
manwoman.Women usually have stronger bonds of relation. More often, a mother is more worried about the child than its father is. This could hold true, even when a woman holds a high position. This makes it difficult for women to be the CEO of the country. India’s own experience is proof. Sanjay was the favourite son of Indira Gandhi. When protests against Sanjay’s alleged high-handedness arose, she tried to protect him. She went out of her way and took measures including declaration of Emergency when there was no danger to the Nation. It ultimately led to her downfall.
Men are more detached from the family and relations and therefore do not get easily swayed by them. There is a saying in Indian mythology that one should not have unlimited love for wife and children. This is true of the Indian male. The detachedness helps men to have a clearer, untained picture of the right path and move forward unswayed by relations, emotions and sentiments.
I am one among those who believe that where women are respected and protected, there alone can we find civilization. Where women are not respected and (not) protected, there is no civilization. Women should have the full liberty to wear what THEY like, and to fearlessly move about at all times of the day.
This does not necessarily mean that they are fit for governing the country. I find an abundance of beauty and kindness among the fairer gender. But the country needs leaders of calibre, vision, wisdom and courage for its march towards progress.
Margaret Thatcher was an exception, not a rule. I would prefer it (woman-PM-ship) to remain that way.
Will you prefer women coming in to all these roles.after 4 decades we will be given 30% seat in goverment.we will be asking women for rights.
THE FACT IS
WOMEN MIGHT FIGHT FOR HER RIGHTS.
BUT IF U SOLVE THIS ABOVE PROBLEM BRILLIANTLY
THEN
MEN HAS TO FIGHT FOR HIS RIGHTS.