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Number of women holding university qualifications overtaken men for first time
The number of women holding university qualifications has overtaken men or the first time, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS found that 28 percent of Generation X and Y women (i.e. aged between 20 and 39) held a bachelor degree or higher in 2006, 7 percent more than men in the same age bracket. Each generation holds more academic qualifications than the last, making Generations X and Y the most highly educated on record.
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IWD 2009 EVENTS BY COUNTRY
- United Kingdom (266 events)
- United States of America (200 events)
- Australia (163 events)
- Canada (133 events)
- India (55 events)
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This article has 6 responses.
1. Melissa from Canada wrote:
This is great although it would be much higher if all women around the world had those opportunities.
2. John from United States wrote:
This is why I do not trust the women's movement as we see it today. It is not so much about equality of women as domination of men. If there has been disparity in the past to the disadvantage of women, the answer is not to create a disparity to the disadvantage of men. I see the women's movement doing this rather intentionally on a regular basis.
3. mitch from canada wrote:
in many cases if a man and a woman with the same qualifications applied to the very same job, the man gets the job.
4. mitch from canada wrote:
in many cases if a man and a woman with the same qualifications applied to the very same job, the man gets the job.
5. Kingsley O. Ehanire, Esq. from Born in Nigeria, Live in U.K. wrote:
`Though women are refers to as the weaker sex and a necessary evil to men, I strongly adore them. They are problem solver. They can make or break a man. In an extreme or difficult situation, their wisdom and advice becomes an extinguisher.
6. Nathan Trent from Australia wrote:
It is little suprise that more women aged between 20 and 39 hold a bachelor degree or higher than men in Australia. Over the last 15 years, there has been a push to make the education system and the way subjects are assessed suit females rather than males. Males are being pushed out of the professions in to manual labour and there is very little being done about it. Males are becoming the second citizens. The only good thing about the situation is that professional females have a hard time finding suitable males to marry and often remain childless and single.