EQUALITY

20 July 2010

EQUALITY

Unemployed Girls, Beware !

Here are some findings of Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Project ( in association with the International Herald Tribune – July 2010 ) :

·             There is a pronounced gap between a belief in the equality of the sexes and how that translates into reality.

·             In China, India, Indonesia and Jordan, equal-rights supporters think, most of the adjustments necessary to establish equality have already been made.

·             In nations ( Europe / USA ) where equal rights are already mandated, women seem stymied by a lack of real progress.

·             More than 50% in 10 of 22 countries said that when jobs are scarce, they should go to men.

Surely they have not read the survey conducted by Psychology Professor Keith Laws ( University of Hertfordshire ), which found that  girls are better than boys when it comes to multi-tasking !

May be my 2 unemployed grand-daughters have still some hope !

Hemen  Parekh