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Amplia Group's Friday Five

Amplia Group's Friday Five

Kathy Bonomini
Culture, Gender Issues, Leadership, Politics, Technology, AR/VR, Friday Five

Every Friday, we curate and share content that is timely and relevant. This is our Friday Five - it’s what we see happening right now, in our weekly round up.

Here’s a snapshot of what’s inside:

  1. Snapcat tops Apple in the cool department

  2. Are female leaders more effective at defeating the Coronavirus crisis?

  3. What to do with the statues: How the US can learn from post-Nazi and post-Soviet Europe and What some scholars recommend the UK does with its statues

  4. Is England prepared to ease lockdown? See how it compares to the rest of Europe

  5. Trump begins campaign rallies in state where Coronavirus cases are spiking, requires attendees sign waiver of liability for illness or injury

Razor Sharp Perspective

Razor Sharp Perspective

Kathy Bonomini
Gender Issues, Branding

Brands are powerful and have the ability to change hearts and minds. If people are moved by these questions or messages, perhaps Gillette is asking the right questions. And political or not, they have the correct answer:

“The boys watching today will be the men of tomorrow.”

Is that really such a bad thing?

Why quotas don’t work for gender equality (and how to really shrink the wage gap)

Why quotas don’t work for gender equality (and how to really shrink the wage gap)

Kathy Bonomini
Gender Issues, Economics

International women’s day approaches on the 8th of March and the anthem is #PressforProgress. We have made progress as a society for women – but is it enough? I for one think we need to reframe the conversation. I don’t mean to take away from the #metoo or #timesup or #vote100 movements. I think we should be doing less pressing and more pushing for progress for parity and it all starts with how we talk about women and our roles in the workforce.

Ten years ago, there was a call in Europe to promote more women – “golden skirts” they called them – to the board level. If firms didn’t comply, they faced sanctions by the “30% Club”, a group of companies that campaigns on the basis that boards should be composed of that proportion of women, globally.

So, countries that included Norway, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands and Britain implemented quotas to increase women’s participation at the board level. Firms that didn’t comply were fined, banned, dissolved or faced other sanctions.