[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2009\u002Fweb-poll-positive-discrimination-for-women-12-nov-2009":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},5610,"web-poll-positive-discrimination-for-women-12-nov-2009","Web poll: positive discrimination for women? - 12 Nov. 2009",null,"","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2009\u002Fweb-poll-positive-discrimination-for-women-12-nov-2009","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2026-03-27T15:37:36.183883+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F5610\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":20,"slug":21},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":23,"slug":24},"News","news",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2009",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2009\u002Fweb-poll-positive-discrimination-for-women-12-nov-2009\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:39:40.588015+02:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-img\">\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">S\u003C\u002Fspan>hould we introduce a system of positive discrimination for women? That means, women get for jobs - especially top-jobs, but not only - a preference over men, even when some men might be equally or better positioned for that job. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cp>Why that poll?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all the talk for at least a decade on the gender gap, \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">research for the international trade union ITUC by the British scientific partners of the WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>show that really nothing has happened. The gender gap in pay remain in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>The gender gap for education and health care has diminished, \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">research of the World Economic Forum shows,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> But how to deal with the lack of women at the top and management? The Dutch telecom provider KPN took drastic action by reinforcing \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">their already existing policy\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> of stimulating women to take top positions:\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftranslate.google.com\u002Ftranslate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.volkskrant.nl\u002Fbinnenland\u002Farticle1307240.ece\u002FVertrek_van_vrouwen_is_verspilling_van_talent\" id=\"hh9t\" title=\"their CEO announced in October\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">their CEO Scheepsbouwer announced in October\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> they would block job access to top positions for men. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>But what do you think? Is this really the way to move forward? Join our \u003Ca data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002F1874f063dada478ba40c583adfaaae05\" data-val=\"1874f063dada478ba40c583adfaaae05\" id=\"1\" linktype=\"page\" title=\"web poll on our international site\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">web poll on our international site\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> or in your own country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]