Minister touts new law on board gender quotas

Slippery slope.....

It should be the right person for the job no matter of sex, race or religion. This women is sexist. if a man said the same thing about men he would be sacked.

I have a few questions for Ms. Sabuni.

1. Assuming that her proposal has merits and the men-to-women ratio in the government-owned companies should be 60%-to-40%, what's about the lower-level management and line staff, and variation among industries? Here is an example. There is a construction company where 95% of the employees are male. The management is also male, as it was raised in-house and promoted from the employee level. The borad is 100% male. How in this particular case does Ms. Sabunu suggest to implement her initiative? Where can we find the required women? Should we fire 40% of the male board or inflate the headcount by 67% to accommodate the newcomers-women in the required proportion? How about the continuity of in-house development? There are much fewer women than men among construction workers.

2. The board must be experienced in the industry and have appropriate connections. In male-dominated industries, a female board member may lack both the experience and the connections as an outsider to the industry. Hence, does Ms. Sabuni's proposal involve additional training of women for male-dominant professions (to enable true gender equality at all levels), so that the female board members are raised in-house and are not planted from the outside straight into the board room. What is the economic purpose of having inexperienced females in the boards? Or, is this mostly a political trick, a pre-election move, or a PR stunt?

3. Where is the line between feminism and gender equality? Why does Ms. Sabuni not argue for the same 60/40 proportion among employees at all levels in state-owned companies? Bus drivers, construction workers, plumbers, police, military after all? It is nice and sweet to sit in the board room, do nothing (as there is no experience or connections) and receive a hefty paycheck just because a member is female and her job is to fill a legislated quota, nothing else. It is plain stupid and bad management on behalf of the people of Sweden? Or, is Ms. Sabuni more concerned about unemployed fellow immigrants who bug her to help find good-paying, permanent, state-guaranteed, and easy jobs (as many female immigrants are illiterate and can only count cash in their pockets)?

how did Ms Sabuni ,become minister for gender equality.was it because she was the best person for the job ,or was it because of 60/40 in the government,or was it because they were no suitable males to fill this roll

We have seen first hand where such proposals can lead to very dangerous situations in the workplace. Take for instance the female bus driver who worked for SL and ran over a pram at Slussen, Stockholm.

@redcrown

She is a product of multiculturalism, feminism and because RainField wanted to show his voters that he was a very nice man.

Mrs. Sabuni has proven to be nothing. Almost every time she opens her mouth, says something sexist and racist. She should have been sacked a long time ago but she was only degraded from a zero to a minus zero. What has she really accomplished? She is one of the many ministers in the government of invisible Rainfield that has proven to be nothing.

Guinness Records 2009 (Womens Edition)

CAR PARKING

INCORRECT DRIVING

The longest journey completed with the handbrake on was one of 504km (313mile) from Stranraer to Holyhead by Dr. Julie Thorn(GB) at the wheel of a Saab 900 on the 2nd April 1987. Dr. Thorn smelled burning two miles into her journey at Aird but pressed on to Holyhead with smoke billowing from the rear wheels. This journey also holds the records for the longest completed journey with the choke fully out and the right indicator flashing.

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If government jobs are give to immigrants and females instead of the most suitable people regardless of who they are, does that not lead to poorer government ,which leads to citizen unrest in the long term

@redcrown

Government jobs should be given to the most suitable people regardless of who they are.

If it is not handled so and they only go by percentages and quotas, you are completely right; it will lead to poorer government. But do not forget that everything in Sweden has to be politically correct. If you do not go along this line, you will be considered to be a terrorist and a racist and perhaps more.

Everyone knows that women are better drivers as they don't automatically assume that they are the bes drivers in the world like a lot of men.

;)

@Streja

Where did you invent your statement. You are out of base and should be counted as "Out" in home.

How can I put this?

An African born female, with a Muslim mother whose family was allowed into Sweden due to political asylum reasons and is now the holder of an important government job is saying that the Swedish system is unfair to women?

Did I miss something?

Yes, that the right way, isn't it? Just ignore whether or not the selected person can actually do the tasks required, right? We have the same bent views held by some in the USA as well - losers, all of them,

Just going by the rulers of this country, it is a wonder we still exist.

Great to see a thread filled with objective analysis - makes you feel optimstic about the human race

This is the worse aspect of political correctness. Nobody should be discriminated against because of race or gender, but nobody should get special treatment because of it.

Nyamko, you definately get a failing grade for this proposal.

To all of you, what has been written about her is the name of the game. Like Gamla Hälsingbock wrote:

"An African born female, with a Muslim mother whose family was allowed into Sweden due to political asylum reasons and is now the holder of an important government job is saying that the Swedish system is unfair to women?"

What is her country of origin? I guess it enjoys a better system that is not unfair to women. So, what in the hell is she doing here?

She is the typical example of ingratitude.

Every job should be given to the best qualified irrespective of gender, religion, ethnic background etc. Otherwise we fall in discrimination and the so called "positive discrimination" (exp. Gender quotes) is just discrimination.

Avoid any kind of discrimination and we will have job equalitarian society in a natural way. Don´t need to do any action just respects the law.

Yes, everyone is created equal except the men who are more equal.

Everyone is created equal except the women who are more equal.

It is in fact women who are always asking for preferred treatment with "gender quotas" and such, not men.

In the Animal Farm of Orwell the "more equal animals" were the pigs... remember me again who is the one asking for "gender quotas" for women ? Oh yeah, its women ;-)

All I can say is that this woman is an ingrate.