Women in Business and Management

Globally, women have become engines for economic growth. Achieving gender diversity in enterprises is of critical importance to improving business outcomes. However, women remain under represented in business, particularly at senior management levels. Women rarely attain executive management positions or serve as members of company boards. Yet, women have increasingly overtaken men in terms of tertiary education attainment. While much progress has been made, women remain underutilized despite representing a dynamic and capable pool of talent.

The Bureau for Employers’ Activities embarked on a global project to collect detailed, authoritative data and to provide a more granular perspective of women in business and management by taking into account the perspectives of small- and medium-sized enterprises. ACT/EMP has successfully leveraged the knowledge and insights of Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) and companies to develop global, regional and national reports. Furthermore, ACT/EMP has gathered good practices and examples to promote better approaches to enhancing gender diversity in companies and EBMOs around the world.

Key resources

Global

1. Report

   Violence at harassment at work: a practical guide for employers

    

2. Paper

   Pay transparency legislation: Implications for employers' and workers' organizations

    

3. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

   Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion

    

4. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

   Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion. Executive Summary.

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5. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

   Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion. Country profiles.

    

6. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

   The ILO undertakes a global survey on diversity and inclusion

    

7. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

   A literature review of diversity and inclusion in the workplace: Key findings

    

8. Technical brief

   Improving gender diversity in company boards (voluntary targets vs quotas)

    

9. Sectorial snapshots

   The business case for change

    

10. Global report

    Women in Business and Management: The business case for change

     

11. Publications

    Women’s Economic Empowerment: Good practices

     

12. A global snapshot

    Women leaders and managers in employers' organizations

     

13. A handbook for national employers' organizations

    Promoting women in business and management

     

14. Gender diversity journey

    Company good practices

     

15. Global report

    Gaining momentum

     

Regional

1. Regional report

   Women in Business in Central America

    

2. Caribbean report

   Gaining momentum in the Caribbean (Revised version)

    

3. Regional report

   Gaining momentum in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

    

4. Regional report

   Gaining momentum in Latin America and the Caribbean

    

5. Regional report

   Gaining momentum in the Middle East and North Africa

    

6. Regional report

   Gaining Momentum in Asia and the Pacific