INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Studies show women are denied access to top posts and labour market
The proportion of women represented in the C-suite has declined, while female workers in SA are not fairing well, according to two studies released on Thursday. In SA, the Women in Business report shows that "almost one-third (29%) of senior roles … are filled by women, [however], one in five local businesses (20%) still have no women in senior positions". "Businesses with all-male leadership need to act fast if they are to stay competitive," warned Lee-Anne Bac, a director at Grant Thornton Johannesburg on Thursday, which was International Women’s Day. University of the Witwatersrand political sciences professor Sheila Meintjes blamed a lack of political will for the worsening labour market trends in SA. Grant Thornton International’s Women in Business report showed that the female proportion in senior management teams had declined one percentage point from 25% to 24% internationally, while an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report found that entrenched gender roles and lab...
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