The Minister is correct to slap down institutions that are consciously or unconsciously failing to uphold the principle of equal opportunity for every person and to implement measures to ensure that happens.

However, going over the cliff with government programs that guarantee outcomes that happen to be the politically correct cause du jour is even more repugnant.  And frankly, women don't need a leg up - if you have ever worked in the professions you have met some women who required you to bring your A game if you hoped to keep up with them.