The President of Kenya has been told by a court that his cabinet does not comply with the law on gender representation and has ordered him to fix this. The law says elective and appointive bodies cannot be composed of more than two-thirds members of the same gender.
This is interesting because it is about women's rights and social progressivism in the developing world, but also because (I think) this sub has turned against (racial) affirmative action in the private sector in the last year or two. Do you think this law is okay? Is it great? If you oppose affirmative action, does it being about a political body make a difference for you?
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Woke 2.0 is getting impeached for not having enough women in government.
I like it.
I am really torn on this question. People shouldn’t be judged solely based on their gender (or race, religion, etc.) and appointing people just because they are a particular gender is not cool. However, saying it should be at least 1/3 a different gender shouldn’t be a huge bar to reach and if they can’t do that, they probably ARE judging based on gender in the first place.