Measuring Gender Equality in the Corporate World By Zita de
Pooter and Sarah Todnem According to the World Bank's World
Development Report 2012, gender parity is positively correlated
with economic performance, productivity and growth. Nations
across the globe have made important advances in women’s
education, closing the gender gap in primary enrollment, and
women have surpassed men in advanced education. Women are also
increasingly entering the workforce, with participation rates
rising from 50.2% to 51.8% since 1980. Despite these trends, a
gender wage gap and significant disparity between women and men
in high-level corporate positions continue to be an issue: -
Women earn between 70% and 90% of what men do for comparable
work - Just 13% of Fortune 500 companies have female CEO’s -
Women comprise only 9% of global corporate boards - Just 28% of
companies include gender diversity in their company strategies
If women’s economic participation makes such solid business
sense, why haven’t more companies made c