women and world financial institutions

Diane Monaco dmonaco at pop3.utoledo.edu
Thu Apr 25 18:43:04 PDT 2002


Analysis of Women In World Financial Institutions

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>Please circulate all or the main part of the following:

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>The US-based group WEDO (Women's Environment & Development Organisation -

>www.wedo.org) have issued a Gender breakdown of top posts at the world's

>financial institutions. The clear point WEDO makes is that 'gender blind'

>recruitment practices are not only NOT a virtue, they actively enhance the

>grip of the minority sex, a point most men fail to understand.

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>Boards of Governors

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>International Monetary Fund: men 97.8% women 2.2%

>World Bank: men 94.5% women 5.5%

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>Boards of Directors

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>International Monetary Fund: men 100% women (guess)

>World Bank: men 91.7% women 8.3%

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>Despite repeated requests from WEDO, the World Trade Organisation refused to

>supply any data. Info on this welcome to - tim.symonds at shevolution.com

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>The above institutions are in theory in existence to help narrow the gap

>between the world's poor and the better-off. Here is the breakdown of the

>world's poor:

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>men 30% women 70%

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>For further information please contact Doris Mpoumou at WEDO's Gender &

>Governance Program. doris at wedo.org

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>Eyecatcher's Senior Partner Lesley Abdela believes there is a direct causal

>relationship between an overwhelming number of one sex at the top of the

>world's financial institutions and the fact that more than 2/3rds of the

>world's poor are female, just as it could well be that women, democracy,

>society and the economy are badly served by legislatures that are

>overwhelmingly male. A survey in The Economist March 16 2002 showed that

>women were in near-balance in the parliaments of Sweden (43%), Denmark,

>Netherlands and Germany, and almost non-existent in the parliaments of Egypt

>(2%) and Turkey (5%).

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>An Eyecatcher Associates Public Service information release

>Eyecatcher Research & Training

>United Kingdom

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>Tel. +44 (0) 1892 891 106

>tim.symonds at shevolution.com

>http://www.shevolution.com

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