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Finally! Top jobs are going to women who have more confidence than ability too

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August 8, 2022

Finally! Top jobs are going to women who have more confidence than ability too

Source: Evening Standard

According to the polls, the UK is on its way to having its third female Prime Minister. This is good news, and it’s made even better by the fact that Liz Truss (as Theresa May before her) can hardly be described as having all the qualities you’d ideally want in a Prime Minister. At long last, the top jobs seem to be up for grabs by women with all levels of ability, a luxury that men have long enjoyed. Though we are still very far from real equality in politics: a dishevelled-looking woman who behaves so chaotically — in her private live as much as in politics — as Boris Johnson did, would never become Prime Minister.

Click here to read the full article published by Evening Standard on 3 August 2022.

Author
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez
Publisher
Evening Standard
Publication year
2022
Focus areas

According to the polls, the UK is on its way to having its third female Prime Minister. This is good news, and it’s made even better by the fact that Liz Truss (as Theresa May before her) can hardly be described as having all the qualities you’d ideally want in a Prime Minister. At long last, the top jobs seem to be up for grabs by women with all levels of ability, a luxury that men have long enjoyed. Though we are still very far from real equality in politics: a dishevelled-looking woman who behaves so chaotically — in her private live as much as in politics — as Boris Johnson did, would never become Prime Minister.

Click here to read the full article published by Evening Standard on 3 August 2022.

Author
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez
Publisher
Evening Standard
Publication year
2022
Focus areas