write an article in about 100 to 120 words on the topic for ict is essential for bright future
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Closing the male-female employment gap is good for economic growth. Research indicates that narrowing this gap has been an important driver of Europe’s economic growth over the past decade. The costs of not doing so are huge. In Asia and the Pacific, for example, restricting job opportunities for women is costing the region between USD 42 and USD 46 billion a year. World Bank findings demonstrate that similar restrictions have imposed massive costs throughout the Arab States region, where the gender gap in economic opportunity remains the widest in the world today. The World Economic Forum reveals that, regardless of their income level, countries that divide resources equitably between women and men fare better than those that do not.
Advantages of attracting women and girls to careers in ICT
In most countries, the information and communication technology (ICT) sector is still perceived as a male industry. Men hold most of the top jobs, while women are over-represented in lower level ICT occupations. This is true in both developed and developing countries. On average, women account for 30 per cent of information technology (IT) technicians, a mere 15 per cent of ICT managers, and only 11 per cent of IT strategy and planning professionals. Few women hold leadership positions at board and senior management levels.
Engaging women and girls in high-flying ICT careers is not only the right thing to do from the point of social justice; it is also smart economics. Gender diversity in high-value ICT jobs in both management and on the boards of companies is good for business performance. Studies exploring the link between women in leadership positions and business performance have shown a direct positive correlation between gender diversity on top leadership teams and a company’s financial results. More diverse teams make better informed decisions, leading to less risk-taking and more successful outcomes. Over time, therefore, a nation’s ICT competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and employs women.
Together, we can and will build a brighter future. Yet in order to give meaningful suggestions to further support this, we first need to speak candidly about what's happening in the world at present. It appears that there are factions within the world's power elite which still desire to exert as much control as possible over the world.
Their primary means for establishing control are through promoting fear, secrecy, and polarization, and through distracting people from their deeper purpose in life. When these factions gain greater power and control, our freedoms and liberties are increasingly taken away, sometimes without our even realizing it.
Fear is used as a powerful tool of control by these factions of the global elite. "The terrorists want to kill us all. Your job, savings, and retirement are no longer secure. You are either for us or against us. We might be attacked at any time." All of these messages push us towards fear. And by encouraging us to focus blame on others such as terrorists and "evil" leaders, the global power brokers push us away from feeling in control of our lives and towards the role of powerless victims, so that we look to them for protection. The more we slip into fear and being victims, the easier it is for us to be manipulated.
Secrecy leads to control through preventing the exposure of hidden agendas, and through breeding distrust, suspicion, and paranoia in the world. In the name of "national security," we have been told ever more frequently that we should not know what is happening behind closed doors in government. Yet we are encouraged to keep vigilant watch over our neighbors, over those who question the government, and over those who look or act different from us, as they could secretly be terrorists in sheep's clothing. Rampant suspicion and secrecy cause us to lose touch with the common humanity we share with all around us.
Polarization leads to "us vs. them" ways of thinking. Divide and conquer is a tactic that has been used successfully by the power elite of the world for centuries. As long as people focus on blaming and attacking "the enemy," they are not likely to look for the deeper causes of their problems. Controlling factions of the power elite work to keep public and media attention focused on issues which divide us into two polarized camps, so that their greatest concerns of power and control go unnoticed. The power brokers then control both sides of the divided public by assuring that corporate ownership of the media and key candidates from all political parties support their deeper power and polarization agendas, which often involve war profiteering.