Watson also celebrated the fact that Britain has a woman prime minister in Theresa May. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finish President Sauli Niinisto also spoke. At Georgetown university, 74 percent of its leadership and 64 percent of its tenured professors are men. At the University of Oxford, just 23 percent of tenured professors and 38 percent of senior leadership are women. Nearly two-thirds of tenured professors at the New York-based school are men, and a similar number make up its senior leadership.

Source: New Strait Times September 21, 2016 05:47 UTC