Last week at the World Economic Forum, women’s rights seemed at the top of the agenda. The ritzy forum’s seven co-chairs were all women (even though they remained vastly outnumbered by men at the annual gathering of the global elite). Discussions about sexual harassment, pay inequity and systemic abuses were ubiquitous. A dedicated lounge — dubbed the “Female Quotient” — featured pictures of Hillary Clinton on the walls and coffee-bar chats on female leadership and collaboration.
In a warmly received speech, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the rolling cultural conversation in the West on harassment in the workplace and entrenched gender inequities.