Gender Balance - Back your position with Data
Conrad Liveris released his Gender Equality at Work 2018 exploring the gender pay gap, sexual harassment and female education.
There are more ‘Andrews’ leading ASX 200 companies than women CEO’s
Female representation on ASX200 boards is at it’s highest level of 26.6%
Women tend to run support functions 70% HR, 46% General Counsel, men hold 90% of business unit roles. 41 major companies have no women in executive management.
If you want to highlight a need for change first start with the facts.
The fact that in Australia we have only 12 Women CEO’s in the Australian Stock Exchange top 200 companies was the hook that got me started on this project. I then became aware of the research showing that companies with gender balance have better performing share prices. So there is compelling evidence for change. Despite the fact that female graduates outnumber males at record levels they can still expect to earn less than their male counterparts.
To champion change you will have to build a case. If you want to be able to quote the statistics of interest in your area have a look at these excellent resources.
Morgan Stanley’s research showing that gender balance is directly related to higher share prices -
Chief Executive Women take a census of women CEO’s and
many easy to read factual papers on women executive numbers and actions for change