Davos Annual Meeting 2010 - CNBC The Gender Agenda: Putting Parity into Practice

http://www.weforum.org 30.01.2010
Companies perform better if their female talent is equally integrated, but a decade of data reflects only marginal change in this area.

How can we move beyond awareness towards action?

In partnership with the World Economic Forum, CNBC hosts this debate focusing on gender parity.

Orit Gadiesh, Chairman, Bain & Company, USA; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Renault-Nissan Alliance (France and Japan), France; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post, USA
Muhtar A. Kent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook, USA; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on the Skills Gap
Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Marketing & Branding

Moderated by
Ross Westgate, Anchor and Presenter, CNBC, United Kingdom

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[Lightningbob1]

Arriana Huffington is Bought off very handsomely By George Soros and that's a Fact. She used to be a Conservative Commentator. Basicaly she went to the highest Bidder!!!!

[hipposandcheese]

@freeqwerqwer who said that men cant take care of their families? Men are born just as able as women, and women are natural hunters as well it is the way we have been nurtured which makes us more or less agressive and not fully by nature.

[revemupman]

Useless, women do not want to dedicate their lives into making some company rich. They rather raise their children to become outstanding adults in the future. AND THATS NOT SLAVERY DUMMIES!!!!!

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[cahayakejora]

Thank you for posting, I find this a step forward to a 'women power phobia' society which we are becoming today. We do acknowledge that women want to be CEOs, they want to build giant companies and they want to become SUCCESSFUL but need to still balance their family life. Big issue to tackle therefore this is a good beginning how women should cooperate with men. On the other side, it is not easy to change the mindset of women = worthless after 7000 years of mistreatment. Hope is on the horizon.

[TheOutspokenman1]

I cant stand the argument that just because something is heeded by men it is for men, (and thus evil) its is a stupid argument and it has no basis or logic + there are no bars for anyone to become a CEO. Company's will do anything for a profit and if a female CEO brings more earnings into the company they WILL HIRE HER!!! the problem is not enough women want to be CEO's. And there's nothing wrong with that.

[freeqwerqwer]

There should NOT be equality of women in coprorate position for the simple fact is most will be dragged down by child rearing taking care of family, and are not natural hunters

[abbasabidi100]

I like this talk but some thing or not implement in every society. I like comments of Carlos Ghosn, Arianna Huffington, and Sheryl Sandberg.