For a long time we have had the healthy tradition that March be a month of reflection on gender. The ideas of celebrations in order to understand that it is a commemorative date. And as such it is a time of balance to celebrate what has been achieved and also to think about how to achieve what has not yet been achieved.
At a global level there are more women in leadership positionsbut we are still amazed by the headline “the first woman to occupy the position of CEO in this company that is more than 100 years old” or similar and the number advances slowly which translates into years, decades and a little more, given that according to United Nations achieve close the gender gap will sue us 136 years.
Let’s look at some indicators: according to data from a survey conducted by LinkedIn in 163 countries, the women represent the 41.9% of the workforce and when we look at the percentage of women in positions of leadership This percentage is located at 25%.
A question to ask ourselves is in what size of organizations and in what industries the possibilities of women’s growth. According to ILOtop management spaces are found in higher proportion in medium and family businesses and on a smaller scale in big enterprises.
We may not be surprised by the industries where we find higher levels of high participation of women who are education, consumer services and retail; while financial services, technology, oil&gas and agro leadership is proportionally much lower compared to its internal staff.
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We know that one of the areas that has been growing and that also appears strong in the future is technology and with it associated the so-called STEM careers (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), which are also well paid.
On the one hand, we see at a global level that only the 29.2% of STEM-related positions are filled by women. Although progress has been seen in recent years, it is still not so significant. On the other hand, the positions of leadership In this industry they are represented by around 12.4% of women.
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With this data it is time to work at different levels: with current and future generations of women in relation to the job and the education. For the former, we can look within the leadership structures of the organizations and this requires a commitment to those who occupy those positions where we will find a greater proportion of men.
Being able to work with them to delve into the contribution to the business generated by the women in high positions not only because it contributes another look, greater creativityother experiences resulting from a different journey, but also because in many cases it represents those who consume our products. services or products.
It is worth highlighting the importance analyze industry culture in the first instance to understand if there are barriers or aspects that can help us on this path and clearly the company culture.
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Thus, with this first diagnosis, we can generate a comprehensive plan in different stages that includes training, mentoring and sponsorship actions in order to contribute to expanding a pipeline of women to occupy in immediate future greater leadership positions.
Creation of internal women’s networks and work on the construction of trust. And without a doubt work hard on issues of harassment and violence because it operates negatively for the development of women fundamentally and also other identities.
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On the other hand we also have to look new generations where we see that the choice of STEM university careers At a global level it is 35% and in Argentina of 12%, where clear trends can be perceived towards the selection of other careers and a phenomenon occurs that not only happens in our country, but also in Spain and other latitudes.
There we see that young women when choosing tertiary or university courses are inclined in greater proportion to careers related to Health Sciences by 75.9% and human Sciences with 72.5% and the Applied Sciencewhere the races are located STEAM that are only selected by 18.1% according to data from the Secretary of University Policies In our country.
Meanwhile, in Spainyoung women are also inclined towards professions related to Health by 69%, Social services in 72% and Teachingwhere Early Childhood Education represents 92% and Nursing 82% of female students according to Integrated University Information System. And the men do represent high enrollment rates in STEM careers.
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Race choices are made on freedombut not without sociocultural prejudices or biaseswhere different models, family and personal experiences converge whose influence falls on the decision making.
Bring racing closer Science and Technology For all people it is extremely positive thinking about the future in key of education and also laborbut it requires a greater effort to reach girls and adolescents to undo the biases that studies of technology are not so similar to them because not only open worlds but will improve your employability and development.
Source: Ambito
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