Workplace gender equality has always been discussed across many
countries as women have been traditionally underrepresented and left behind.
They were constantly being put on a tag that they are not as capable and smart
as the guys because the main task of theirs were to stay at home to take care
of the family and the outgoing job will definitely belongs to the men.
Nonetheless, the world has changed.
The workforce is waking up to the reality that talented women can
contribute just as much as men in the organization. This is supported by the
research done based largely on U.S. data, where it showed that the balance in
the presence of women and men enhances the firm financial performance (Campbell
& Minguez-Vera, 2008). The Workplace Gender Equality Agency of the
Australian Government (2016) also provided that “A 6% increase in female
participation rate would boost the level of GDP by 11%”.
Workplace gender equality is arrived when people can access and
enjoy the same rewards, resources and opportunities, regardless of gender. In
recent decades, many countries has made evidential progress towards gender
equality, especially in education, health and female workforce participation.
However, there are people who still think that women are lack of abilities to
perform well in the workplace because in general they act emotionally in
decision-making.
This is definitely not true. Organizational culture has to be
constantly nurtured so that individuals, teams and leaderships can cultivate a
great place to work. The existence of women in the workplace creates corporate
diversity where it promotes a better understanding of the marketplace, in which
the diversity in the workplace helps to better understand the diversity of
the company’s potential customers, thus penetrates the markets better. It also
increases creativity and innovation of the marketing tools such as promotion
strategies, which can lead to higher firm financial performance.
I personally think that women can be as capable as men or we may
even perform better than them. We should not underestimate the potential of a
woman and they should be given fair and equal opportunities of advancement in
positions in the workplace. Qualifications should always come first. There are
a lot of female leaders out there contributing to the workplace or even
country selflessly. One of the leaders whom I admire the most is Margaret
Thatcher, the first woman who holds the prime minister position in 1979. She
is credited for restoring the economy of Britain as well as re-establishing her
country as a world power by implementing sophisticated political parameters.
Her stories give me a lesson that you should not limit the abilities and
possibilities in you, but to believe in yourself that you can do it!
References
Campbell,
K. and Minguez-Vera, A. (2008) Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Firm
Financial Performance. Journal of Business Ethics [online],
v.83, pp.435-451.
[Accessed:
10th July 2017]
Workplace
Gender Equality Agency (2016) The business case for gender equality [online],
[Accessed: 10th July
2017]
By: Yau Che
Yan, BAF1541
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