Latest News
- Public Authority For Industry Completes Industry Law Amendment P...
- Indian Ambassador Hosts Ramadan Celebration In Kuwait
- Al-Mashaan Grants Authority For Transfers Of Municipal Departmen...
- For The Expansion Of The Subiya Site, 204.178 Million Dinars And...
- Ministry Of Education Allocates 60 Million Dinars For Employee R...
- The Public Prosecution Detains Two In A Probe Into The Kuwaiti S...
- Kuwait Announces Key New Appointments In Security Departments
- A Hacking Claim Is Being Investigated By Kuwait Airways
- Jahra Shops Were Issued 5 Citations And 16 Warnings
- A Model Healthy City In Hawalli Governorate
- 13 More Eurofighter Jets To Be Delivered To Kuwait In 18 Months...
- Economic Transformation Urged In Kuwait
Gulf Women Still Face Workplace Barriers
In its annual report on the status of women in workforce, international Human Resources firm Mercer warned that if current gender inequality in workplace continues unabated, then female representation in professional and managerial ranks worldwide will only reach 40 percent by 2025.
The report, ‘When Women Thrive’ also showed that in the Middle-East women still lag behind their counterparts in other parts of the world when it comes to gender equality in executive positions.
Though women have made some inroads into leadership roles in the government sector, their status in top private sector management continues to remain ‘bleak’, said the report. Calling for more awareness and action on the topic, the report’s authors say that despite a lot of promises to improve the lot of women in workplace, getting it implemented and sustaining progress still faces many obstacles.
Other highlights from the report show that women make up 40 percent of the average company’s workforce, they represent 33 percent of managers, 26 percent of senior managers and 20 percent of executives globally.
Pointing to the situation in the Gulf region, the report notes that several hurdles still exist that make it difficult for women to enter and to advance in the workplace. While women in some Gulf capitals have seized the initiative and started own businesses, this is far from the norm, and it would take years of strong support from business leadership to create sustained progress in this area.
Citing another anomaly in workplace gender representation, the report shows that women’s role in organizations actually declines as career levels rise. While there are more women among support staff, their numbers decrease significantly at they rise up executive levels.
The report indicates that although women are 1.5 times more likely than men to be hired at executive level, they are also leaving organizations from the highest ranks at 1.3 times the rate of men, undermining gains made at top level management.
With input from nearly 600 organizations around the world employing over 3 million people, including 1.3 million women, the ‘When Women Thrive’ report is probably the most comprehensive of its kind on improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Trending News
-
MoI Urges Biometric Fingerprinting Compliance Ahea...
21 March 2024
-
5 Days Holiday For Eid Al-Fitr Begins On April 9th
25 March 2024
-
Over 120,000 Expat Offenders Will Benefit From Kuw...
14 March 2024
-
Kuwait Offering Amnesty To Illegal Expats
17 March 2024
-
From April 1 To July 1, Kuwait Grants Amnesty To V...
14 March 2024
-
Sponsorship Requirements In Kuwait: Time To Embrac...
13 March 2024
-
Kuwaiti Banks Elevate Non-Resident Credit To 4.17...
18 March 2024
-
Central Bank Of Kuwait Provides Banks With New Ba...
20 March 2024
-
Banks In Kuwait Report Robust Profits Despite The...
21 March 2024
-
Kuwait's Clean Energy Journey: Progress And Challe...
23 March 2024
Comments Post Comment