How do we get better leadership? For one, reject authoritarianism. There is considerable documented evidence that ego issues contribute to many of our wars.
The next thing is to elect more women. What do you get when you have more women in leadership positions? Most of the Nordic countries have over 40% women in their parliaments.
The Nordic countries have a safety net that leads to greater socio-economic equality. Everyone is entitled to free or low-cost healthcare, child care, and parental leave. That is what you get with more women in leadership positions.
How can we increase the number of women in leadership positions? As women, we need to support one another. Vote for female candidates that support other women and don’t kiss authoritarian asses.
Get involved with international women’s organizations. Find out what local or national women’s organizations could use your help. Forget about liberal or conservative.
If we want a better life for ourselves, our daughters, and our granddaughters, women need to collaborate, regardless of whether they are liberal or conservative. Women are effective leaders, no matter what men say. We can’t reach leadership positions without cooperating.
With more women in government leadership roles working together, here is what’s happened. Gender quotas in Norway require 40% of the boards of publicly traded companies to be comprised of female members, and their sovereign wealth fund is hesitant to invest in companies with few female board members.
Many Nordic countries have workplace equality laws in place to ensure equal pay for women. Do they still deal with workplace harassment issues? Yes, they do and freely admit it.
They work on addressing the issue, such as encouraging colleagues to intervene and prevent harassment and targeting the many types of harassment with specific solutions.
I have a friend who is Swedish, and I visited Sweden as her guest a few times. I would say what I heard from her female friends in Sweden is mirrored in these remarks from female Nordic leaders.
Margot Wallström, former Swedish Foreign Minister: "We will not back down. We will call out sexism, we will call out discrimination, and we will demand that women take their rightful place in leadership."
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway’s first female Prime Minister: "Women are not asking for permission anymore. We are taking the seats we deserve."
We need to take the gloves off and forget the good girl vibe. I love their Nordic bluntness. And it doesn’t go down well with authoritarians, often confounding them.
Greta Thunberg handled Andrew Tate with ease when he tweeted a request for her email address so he could send a picture of his car collection and their enormous emissions. Her famous reply, “Yes, please do enlighten me.’ email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com.” Women can kick ass.
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