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Jó ideje megszokottá vált, hogy a hagyományosan férfiszakmaként számon tartott területeken is jelen vannak a nők. Nincs ez másként a polgári repülésben sem, ahol a pilótafülkékben is egyre több a hölgy, ugyanakkor repülőműszaki területen ma még nem mondható általánosnak a foglalkoztatásuk. A kevés hazai kivétel egyike Ladányi-Ferenczik Barbara repülőgép-szerelő, aki közel tíz éve dolgozik elsősorban az Airbus A320-as típuscsalád gépein.

- Valóban nem sok nő dolgozik ezen a területen – értett egyet a fenti megállapítással Barbara, amikor a pályakezdésről és a motivációjáról kérdeztem. Nálunk a családban sem foglalkozott senki ezzel, viszont közel laktunk a repülőtérhez, és amikor kiálltunk a teraszra és néztük a gépeket, mindig mondtuk a testvéremmel, hogy olyan szakmánk lesz, ami kötődik a repüléshez. Az első diákmunkánk is a reptéren volt, a TNT-nél. Mondták is otthon hogy, ha rendesen dolgozunk, később biztos lesz munkánk a reptéren. Ez végül is bejött. Aztán ez az érdeklődés valahogy abbamaradt, és teljesen más irányú középiskolákba mentünk. Amikor végeztünk, már volt olyan lehetőség, hogy érettségi után egy szakmát térítésmentesen lehetett szerezni. A lehetőségek között ott volt a kétéves repülőgép-szerelő képzés Csepelen, a Kossuth Lajos Két Tanítási Nyelvű Műszaki Szakgimnáziumban. A követelmény mindössze az érettségi megléte volt, és nagyjából mindenkit felvettek, aki jelentkezett. Én is beiratkoztam, és nagyon-nagyon tetszett. Az első évben sokan voltunk, közel negyvenen, de a második évre kevesen maradtunk. A lemorzsolódás oka szerintem az volt, hogy a többséget egyáltalán nem érdekelte ez a szakma. Amikor 2017-ben végeztünk, nagyjából 20-22-en maradtunk és mára talán öten vagyunk a szakmában.

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Security Council. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías

By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 2026 (IPS)

As the campaign for a new UN secretary-general gathers momentum, will the US exercise the decisive vote — or the veto– in the final selection?

The US has publicly declared its opposition to some of the basic goals in the UN’s socio-economic agenda, including gender empowerment and policies relating to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), while dismissing climate change as “a hoax” and a “giant scam.”

The Trump administration has also downplayed human rights and adherence to international laws—two concepts ingrained in the UN system.

When NASA announced last week that the astronauts who would fly on Artemis III, the next return-to-the-moon mission, the New York Times pointed out the crew consisted of four men and no women, triggering a question from the Times: “Was this part of the push by the Trump administration against DEI policies?”

If the US administration continues to take a hard line against DEI, what are the chances of the US administration supporting a female candidature for the next Secretary-General?

In an interview with the Times last January, President Trump said he does not “need international law” to guide his actions, arguing that only his own “morality” and “mind” will constrain his global powers.

So, what would be the fate of any candidate— male or female—who vociferously advocates these UN goals?

James E. Jennings, President, Conscience International, told Inter Press Service, the reason the United States has been disproportionately influential at the UN since the founding of the organization is because of its global leadership position and its long-term financial support for many of its programs.

However, he said, things have greatly changed in the last two years, with the US Administration abolishing the United States’ massive aid programs and trying to sideline or replace the UN with Republican-branded regressive policies.

“President Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms dovetailed with the ideals of the UN Charter, but Washington’s atavistic regime is determined to dominate the globe, not through equality but intimidation”.

“Such actions will be a disaster for both the UN and the US, whose soft power has been a major contributor to its strength through attraction of immigrants, investment, and generous aid programs. No more”.

It is difficult to reconcile Trump’s policies, Jennings argued, based on fear with those of the UN’s charter and goals of mutual respect among nations. Strong and unified pushback from the majority of UN member states with explicit support for independent, visionary global leadership will advance peace and protect vulnerable people everywhere.

“It is unimaginable that the US under the current MAGA Republican leadership would NOT try to select the next US Secretary-General outright, or if unable to do that would not try to block anyone considered unfit from Mr. Trump’s point of view. Personal leadership qualities and policy beliefs will matter less than whether the next head of the UN body kowtows to the US President”.

That fact alone makes it difficult to select a courageous and principled person. At a time of critical challenges for the world body, installation of UN leadership that would be intimidated by or under the thumb of Washington might well be the death knell for what is indubitably one of history’s grandest and most visionary efforts at peace and prosperity for all, he pointed out.

Meanwhile, come election time, will there be a battle of the vetoes – as it happened in a bygone era?

In 1981, Salim Ahmed Salim of Tanzania was backed by the Organisation of African Unity, the Non-Aligned Movement and China. But his bid was blocked by a US veto.

In 1996, a second five-year term for Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt was vetoed by the US—even though he received the support of 14 of 15 members in the Security Council.

In 1981, China cast a record 16 vetoes against Kurt Waldheim to prevent a third term, leading to his withdrawal and the selection of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

Asked for his perspective, Mandeep Tiwana, Secretary-General, CIVICUS told IPS “The veto power wielded by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council is the most anti-people feature of the UN system. Civil Society groups have for years been calling for its voluntary relinquishment but to little or no avail”.

It is time, he said, for a fundamental reconsideration of the veto power. No process can be considered fair or transparent if any one state, however populous, has the power to block it.”

Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Program Director for Middle Eastern Studies, University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the UN, told IPS under both Democratic and Republican administrations, the United States has blocked the election of candidates for Secretary General, even when they had the support of the fourteen other members of the Security Council.

“Given how Trump has been even more prone to attack the United Nations and bully member states, including ostensible U.S. allies, it is likely that the United States will make it even more difficult this round for the UN to choose its next administrator,” he said.

So far, the list of candidates for the post of Secretary-General include: Michelle Bachelet Jeria (Chile): former President of Chile and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (Ecuador): former President of the UN General Assembly. Rafael Mariano Grossi (Argentina): Current Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis (Costa Rica): Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Macky Sall (Senegal): former President of Senegal and Maria Fernandez Espinosa Garces, former President of the UN General Assembly and former Foreign Minister of Ecuador.

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