Many high-level positions in companies are filled by men even though the workforce in many developed countries is more than 50 per cent female. Companies should be required to allocate a certain percentage of these positions to women. To what extent do you agree?

Gender balance

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in

the

work place

a place where work is done

workplace

has been a major issue for a long time now. In many developed economies,

situation

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the situation

has changed for good, female to male ratio in the workforce has improved significantly. But, most of the high-level positions are still being occupied by men. Some individuals argue that there should be a certain percentage allocated to the women. I do not agree with the statement. For hundreds of years, women were considered to be not equal to men and some in societies, they did not even get the voting rights. Even though the situation has improved in advanced communities, the percentage of women in leadership roles is far less than their counterparts. There shouldn’t be any reservations for women in high level positions, it has to be solely based on the capability. If a female individual is talented enough, she should be promoted with a

second

thought. If someone occupies the high position from reservation rather than getting it from the qualification,

chances

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the chances

of them ruining the business is great. There are few examples in the corporate

world

, where women leaders have done extremely well in their

lead

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leadership

roles.

For example

, Indira Nooyi, the Pepsi

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CEO, she successfully expanded the company’s footprint to remote corners of the

world

and she is the inspiration for million of girls all over

world

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the world

. One of the major hurdles on the way is the regressive mentality of the men, there are still a few individuals who believe that the ladies cannot outdo the men in high skilled jobs and

this

misconception has been proved wrong number of times. To conclude, in the western hemisphere, the societies have changed a bit, both sexes are now being treated as equal, but the rest of the

world

has to way to go.