Did you know that 24% of senior management roles globally are filled by women, but the G7 group of nations, which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, reached only 21%? A new Catalyst report called Women in the World, published today showed that:
- There are, however, bright spots where positive movement is evident: Developing markets sometimes had much higher levels of women in senior management roles, including in Brazil, India, Russia, and China (BRIC economies at 28%), Southeast Asia (32%) and the Baltic states (40%).
- The annual per capita growth of countries that did not close gender education gaps were held back by almost 1% a year.
- In 89% of the country economies (127 out of 143) researched it is legal for a potential employer to ask about family status during a job interview, potentially limiting women’s employment opportunities if employers refuse to hire mothers or women who might become mothers.
- In 15 of the economies husbands can prevent their wives from accepting jobs.
- The world’s population is aging e.g. people over 60 years old will constitute 21% of the world’s population by 2050.