did you know that until the 1970s
only 6 percent of all
musicians who worked in orchestras
The United States’ symphonic
women
many believed that the capacity
intellectual women was smaller but
suddenly some things start to
happen that will completely change
this scenery some orchestras
decide to change the system of
evaluation of candidates
and then begin to be
blind auditions have been organized.
were deployed by some orchestras
after 20 years
and just note some orchestras
Americans did this we did not
1990s with a music scene
scholar in the United States
different that depressing sad
number of six percent had changed
quite the number was another knots
we had reached 20 1%
and this change had been operated by
account of a modification of a
mechanism to counteract the pre
background concept the sexual
Now I’ll ask you to keep
memory this story and these numbers
We’re going to need it in a moment.
We are going to change country.
I will invite you to accompany me on
back to brazil in 1980 in são
Paulo
civil society was pressing
institutions in São Paulo to
finally deign to admit the
participation of women in competitions
for the state magistracy
have been haunted for 36 years by women
did not participate in the careers of
pressure was high.
the court of justice of são paulo
finally admits
the presence of women and women
finally begin to participate in the
processes of career selection of
judge but the situation of these women
was very difficult and they did not
could perform very well
each contest a little more
any less
only two and 15% of vacancies were
occupied by women
handsome one a bombastic phenomenon
happens
the court of justice of the state of são
paulo is prevented from displaying the genre
of candidates is prohibited from
identification of candidates by
On the occasion of contests candidates
then pass the tests on a
number without name what happens
the result is bombastic the number of
women jumps to 40% in the first
contest that happens shortly after the
implementation of change
after the identification rule
of candidates is almost changed
equating with male performance
it is clear that this situation does not
doubts as well as that of the musicians
Americans did not let their hands be
women were being barred
the result of these tests and
competitions seemed meritocratic
but was it critical merit
it seems clear that not women
musician the american and the women
candidates for a career as a judge in são
paulo two countries different moments
parallels are then capable and only
because these mechanisms were
introduced to access careers
therefore when we deal with the
meritocracy concept
we have to be very careful
because meritocracy is only merit cra
and there is only a strong
if the starting point was equal to
men
women when the gender is not the
dominant starting criterion
if this does not happen we are not
speaking of meritocracy
we are talking about fundamentalism
of gender and that is why the
of women is so complex and so
difficult for women
occurs that women who want to be
in sciences that want to manage companies
they will have to jump exactly the same
obstacles and some are the
obstacles of prejudice
obstacles of sexism and in that exact
meritocracy is broken.
no longer exists and worse because if
woman is black then she
can never aim for a position of
leadership in this country
the obstacles that we have to
overcome are not only the obstacles
tui performance linked in that
activity are obstacles to
cultural barriers and obstacles
cultural
the combat is very difficult for
cultural obstacles have to be
overthrown
for that many countries have already discovered
for a long time
affirmative actions do not just talk
not enough passing laws is absolutely
imperative to open space merit
cally for those people that
despite the fact that they had studied
work as much as
do and do not get there no
were the mechanisms that had been
never introduced these women.
would have arrived there
The picture you’re seeing ends.
to be published a few days ago
measured by the parameters of the forum
world economy
the top 10 for countries in terms of
gender equality
or that this set of peculiar
countries is that the first
placed in this ranking are not there
for nothing
which are these Icelandic countries in
first place is Finland to Norway
what countries are these?
Nordic countries that a few years ago
indeed many years ago decades ago
implemented policies and actions
affirmative are governmental measures
species that allow
correct if the deficiency of merit
Meritocracy crates at departure but
also in the continuation of the
because it is useless to correct the entry and
not maintain the correction over the
walk 76 percent of all of two
executive directors in action today
in the country only 76 percent are
women and white women
participation of women in the
top management positions
of large companies in Brazil is so
statistically small
relevant
See the number is a pretty sad number.
is a number similar to that number
of American songs is not really
these countries that you are seeing
in these frameworks established actions
statements of different but
priority of the gender quota
the gender quota has made these
countries were to measure
different up and up because
have known for a long time that it is very
important to have in women in positions of
command at levels equivalent to those
men has never been the pretense in
feminism that we are more than
we had always been the pretension
of feminism that we had the
equality of opportunity .
treatment
I have nothing against men like
no feminist has but what I have
in favor and I have a lot in favor of
women because it is not fair to bar the
intellectual capacity
a human just because he has one sex
another or because it is black or
white why he yellow or purple
when we have a real
meritocracy the best will stand out and
the best is the one who deserves it
merit is one that has studied more
who has dedicated himself more because he
there is democracy when 51.5 percent of
population of a country are
completely outside the
decision we women do not participate
of the legislature at its summit
We Brazilian women do not
we participate in the judiciary in your
dome the correction made by the court
of justice for others was at the entrance
the career of the judiciary but not
accompanying women will evolve in the
career
see this graphic yellow line beige
represents the performance of companies
which they have in their advice
administering one or more women
purple line represents the companies that
There is no woman in your council.
and what is the board
administration is the summit
decisions of large companies in the
Brazil our presence in the councils
administration of large
companies is pífia to around 7.8
percent and why it is important that
we were there because they are the
boards of directors that take
relevant decisions ‘ but for the future
of these companies are the
administration that choose
the executive directors
remember when I told you that
Today in Brazil only 7 points 5 per
cent of the country’s executive
are occupied by women
then the board of directors
the school of readers with the executive
board of directors establishes
principles that are
relevant to develop the business
company and if we are in the
board of directors
we can care not only for the
women to join these companies in
equality of conditions but also
so that these women can continue
professional career without having to
to give up
in the middle of the way and can
that if she works if she
to strive if she deserves it
will arrive there
this chart shows that women who
is when women participate in the
management dome the company has the
possibility of having up to 40% more
result
the next chart reveals numbers
even shorter is
the first graph of you see us
show that companies that have one or
more women in their summit have 10%
more of holten a 48% higher ebit and its
shares are valued on stock exchanges.
values on average 17% more maintain the
women outside the summit is beyond
everything stupid
generates – value in the country is not earned
so much money with taxes remains
an active population with
power equivalent to that of men
outside the labor market and the country
definitely lose wealth asks
justice and loses democratic quality
the next most recent chart
also shows us the amount of
women participating in the councils of
around the world.
who are the first ones put back
our Nordic club the countries there
very clever already
have realized this for some time and that
established quotas for women in the
their boards of directors between
other affirmative actions such as
example the paternity leave
mandatory because for children it is
so important to have the mother on your side
how much is having the father by your side
because in the same way that you have
We also have the right to
right to be a mother right to be a father
right to be president of a
company is also entitled to be
we are the women president of a
company to preside over a
board of directors that will
a positively affect production
more effective in generating larger
jobs in the highest value aggregation –
corruption yes the indexes
statisticians
show that women are less
affected by the bug that leads to
corruption
this table with for three countries
look how interesting the first
lines reveal money wealth
we are talking about index of
human development we are talking about
of per capita income
let’s focus on these two items the index
of human development is so high
in Norway that it occupies the first
place in the world in germany in sixth
already we in 75th place second item to
income per capita in Norway and fifth
place
germany on 19th and brazil 64th
next item to the number of women
participating in the legislature that power
which makes the laws that it imposes
policy-making behaviors
in the case of Norway
the number of women puts it in
15th place in Germany 26th and Brazil in
worst yet 155th place
I do not know if you know more
we have fewer women in parliament
in legislative power in space
than the overwhelming majority
of the Nordic countries we lose
Saudi Arabia
I’m the yemen that wins us there.
America
we lose of all we only gain from
haiti but note that there is a line there
that puts us side by side with someone
germany at this moment is more
next to Brazil is not just because
germany had not
notes for women until last year
against Norway who is 20 years old
What we want is balance what
we want respect and I decided
I’m going to die fighting I will not come
most do not know if my daughter will see but
she will make sure that I continue
fighting for her and I keep fighting
For all of you who are here more
also because men are going to do
well for you to share and
taking advantage of a lot of requests
it was time, it was time for the dwarf
open the newspaper and find out that more
day that the governor of the state of são
paulo will be composed of its
state secretaries and among the 26
only two were women
it was time to not have anyone fighting
it was high time that the quotas
were working in Brazil because
we need gender quota ti os
need so richly
but why do not we
it would be time for me to
did not have to open the newspaper and
that a president of the
republic or use to appoint 22 ministers
in which only one of these ministers
possible
[Applause]
it’s about time we could look
our dear men with respect and
a caring and that they look like this
it was also time for the woman not to have
to be alone at home
It was time for the woman to go to
public square without being violated without
be despised and respected
I keep fighting and my only
joy is that the hill fighting a lot
thank you
[Applause]
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