Last week, Forbes magazine (nyse: FMTI) released their list of The 100 Most Powerful Women. Angela Merkel, chancellor of
If being the first female chancellor of 
can boast leadership of the largest economy in
100 most powerful women aside, has the gender gap really closed all that much? Men still earn 25% more than women in the
Few fields demonstrate women’s lack of progress more than the technology sector. Only 9% of the top jobs in the tech field are held by women. That’s certainly an improvement from 7% in 2000, but that trend is likely to decline as women are earning fewer degrees in computer science.
It is good to see women, whether media giants, like Oprah, or out spoken business leaders, like Indra Nooyi, assuming roles traditionally exclusive to the good ole boys club, but it’d be really good to see a woman assume presidency of the U.S., let’s see Forbes not rank her as number one (FYI, that was not an endorsement of Hilary Clinton).
Why are we focusing on the top women in the world. I understand the logic of it all, but we should look into our communities and do stories about professional women in the areas inwhich we live. These stories will increase marketing sells while thinking about customer values. Geographic segmentation is important we know the names of the major players lets look at the women who groomed these powerful women.
Posted by: Marilyn McNeil | December 14, 2007 6:27 AM | Permalink to Comment