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4 July, 199930-35 per cent of the IMF membership are women. At the Central Committee meeting in Helsinki, they made up less than 10 per cent of the delegates.
GENEVA: At every Central Committee meeting IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi asks himself: Where are all the competent and well-trained women?
6-8 million women are members of the IMF affiliates, that is 30-35 per cent of the membership. At the Central Committee meeting in Helsinki, 22 of totally 232 delegates were women, which is less than 10 per cent.
In a self-critical comment Malentacchi says: "I wish every time the leadership of our affiliated unions have to decide about a delegation to be sent to a meeting or a conference, they will always seek to include competent and representative women in the delegation. The women are terribly needed, and they will strengthen the organisation through something which we men do not have - their experience."
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6-8 million women are members of the IMF affiliates, that is 30-35 per cent of the membership. At the Central Committee meeting in Helsinki, 22 of totally 232 delegates were women, which is less than 10 per cent.
In a self-critical comment Malentacchi says: "I wish every time the leadership of our affiliated unions have to decide about a delegation to be sent to a meeting or a conference, they will always seek to include competent and representative women in the delegation. The women are terribly needed, and they will strengthen the organisation through something which we men do not have - their experience."
Click on Associated link and read the entire column.