According to statistics released by the OECD on the 8th local time, women account for only 16% of the board members of the world's top 500 multinationals on average, and as low as 12% in the technology industry. The organization believes that it is difficult to achieve gender equality in boards of directors in all industries, and that even if women join the board of directors, they still can not get rid of the bottleneck of career development.
The OECD statistics comprehensively analyze the composition of board members of the world's 500 largest companies by market capitalization. By comparing data from different industries, the agency found that women accounted for 19 per cent of board members in the non-cyclical consumer goods industry, even though the proportion was no more than 20 per cent in all industries. This was followed by the financial sector, which accounted for an average of 18 per cent, and health care and public utilities, which accounted for 17 per cent. After that, women usually account for only 15% of board members in industry and basic industries, and 14% in telecommunications services. In the technology industry, women have an average of only 12% of board members, the lowest of all industries.
In fact, among the top 500 companies surveyed, only about one in 20 companies has more than 30% female representatives. Even if governments and international institutions are promoting the process of equality between men and women, there are still different levels of inequality between men and women in all countries in the world.
OECD statistics show that the low proportion of women in board members is, from one point of view, the result of the cumulative gap between men and women over generations. There is also some gender discrimination, which is an important reason why women are not allowed to enter the board of directors in history. If analyzed by age, more and more women can join the board of directors in the new generation. 24% of these female members were born in the 1970s, although it can not be said that they have received enough attention. But fortunately, they already have several times the chance of being on the board than women born in the 1940s.
Another interesting finding is thatThe international community had expected that the younger the company, the greater the presence of women on the board. But this is not the case in reality. At the same time, if you look into the role of these women in the board of directors, you will find that they play"Independent consultation"Female board members in the role probably account for23%But only those in senior leadership positions7%. The so-called senior leadership positions are similar."Chief executive officer", or"Chairman"And the deputies associated with these positions
The OECD has been paying close attention to the issue of gender equality in the workplace. Since 2010, the employment rate of women within the OECD has been growing rapidly, even as fast as men. By 2018, the proportion of women employed in OECD countries had reached 61%, but it was still 5% lower than that of men. Not only that, women are more likely to work part-time, but there are fewer managerial positions than men. As the proportion of female managers increases, the pay gap between men and women is also narrowing-from 14.4 per cent in 2010 to 13.2 per cent in 2017.
In a speech in New York last month, UN Secretary General Guterres mentioned that gender equality is a power issue that has been carefully protected by men for thousands of years. Guterres stressed that the 21st century must be a century of equality for women and that the urgent transformation and redistribution of power is necessary if our future and our planet are to be protected. According to the United Nations, women still earn only 77% of men's income worldwide. A World Economic Forum study on gender equality also shows that the gender pay gap will not be closed until 2255.