Women still in the minority in senior positions – NU.nl

That it appears from the Tuesday, published Emancipatiemonitor of the Social and Cultural Planning bureau (SCP) and the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) on behalf of the ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW).

in the government and care are as many women as men in the upper management. But the share of women in runs behind in the share of women that is employed. That is especially true for the sectors of trade, transport and hospitality and financial services.

In the one hundred largest companies see the researchers increase the number of women at the top to about a fifth. The percentage is compared with 2013, both in the supervisory board if in the board of directors above.

government policy

The increase is probably due to the initiative of minister Jet Bussemaker (EDUCATION, culture and science) and VNO-NCW chairman Hans de Boer to collaborate with the two hundred largest companies in the Netherlands to more women in a leading position to help.

Often, the high share of part-time jobs among women designated as the cause that they are more often outside the top fall. But also women who work full time are less likely than their male colleagues, a high-ranked .

Also, working women, on average, younger than men and there is less ambition to advance to higher positions.

The ambition in women would less often be noticed within a company. This leads to the ambition decreases, as there is no support from the company.

another obstacle lies in the so-called 'old boys network'. The high features are often by men mutually assigned.

Quota

If the end of 2019′t 20 percent women in the top of companies, there is a quota set. Bussemaker will find such a measure, yet a paardenmiddel. The percentage of women in the top, through targets, self-regulation, and consultation with companies) can be obtained.

Moreover, the cabinet has a European directive to ensure a minimum number of women in supervisory boards to get rejected.

The Emancipatiemonitor appears once in the two years. There is with the most current data looked at the (un)equality of women and men in different areas.

By: NU.nl