Fresh questions for PM over women’s'
role in government
Dame Helen Ghosh, who used to be one of Britain’s most
senior civil servants as permanent secretary at the Home Office, retired after
a 33-year career in Whitehall. After retirement, she begins to expose the
current government as being a clique and a network of friends that the prime
minister hired because he knew them. All of which were men, Dame Helen feels that
women don’t network and because of this it is difficult for a woman to get in
as a part of an Old Etonian clique. Her departure came with the concerns that
the Whitehall was becoming “maler and paler”. I’m assuming they are referring to gender and
race, not sure. Cameron was accused of patronizing two female MPs when he told
them to “calm down dear” and referred to his own MP Nadine as “frustrated”.
Women missing in politics are quite apparent around the
world and many groups are fighting to change this. If there are no women in
politics how can the full view of society be represented by just men. Many
countries still are lagging behind in the advancement of women in public
positions. Having women take on these more traditional male roles will open up
many opportunities into our society that would normally not occur. Also with
saying women, I think it should be women of all ethnic groups and races that
should hold these high positions, so everyone would feel included into what is occurring
in the population. Women have became angry because it affects them
disproportionately.
No comments:
Post a Comment