McKinsey & Company 2020
Let's Address Statistics
How Many Female Leaders are There?
In 2019, the proportion of women in senior management roles globally grew to 29%, the highest number ever recorded. In 2020, this percentage remains the same.
Leadership Effectiveness
Women received a 53% overall leadership effectiveness score as compared to 49% for male participants in a 2011 Zenger Folkman study.
Expectation ... at this rate
If we continue at the current pace, by 2030, nearly 2 billion (roughly half of) women and girls will still face discrimination in opportunities for public leadership.
The Tipping Point
To engage in women's equality and equity in the workplace, is to benefit everyone. More often than not, men see this as "stakeholder pressure"; fearful of women surpassing them. However that's not the case, gender diversity adds growth to the entire company, and in result increases production as well as incomes for employees. Closing the gender gap could increase GDP by an average of 35 %
What does Diversity Mean for Gen Z?
83% say that when choosing an employer, a company's commitment to diversity and inclusion is important.
Women Executive Input?
68% of women executives believe women's contributions are undervalued by men.
Gender-Forward?
Out of all Global Fortune 500 companies only 10.9% have women in senior management positions. 6 out of 11 top GFP Index companies have publicly states goals and other programs for reaching gender equality.
Who Wants C-level Position?
76% of women indicate that they are seeking C-level executive positions, compared to only 56% of men.
Is All This Buzz working?
Only 68% of executives report that they are aware of public attention to C-level gender equality in the past three years.
Is The Media on This?
Women are frequently portrayed in stereotypical roles via the media, resulting in long term social effects systematically. North America has only shown a 54% increase in media coverage on women CEOs. It is a huge opportunity lost to have only 1-in-5 experts interviewed for media coverage to be a woman.
Value of Work
68% of women executives believe that women’s contributions are undervalued by men, according to Gender Equality in the Executive Ranks report.
CEO positions and Top Earners
In 2019, the proportion of women in senior management roles globally grew to 29%, the highest number ever recorded. In 2020, this percentage remains the same.
Degree or no degree?
Women surpass men on education attainment among those employed aged 25 and over: 37.1 percent of women hold at least a bachelor’s degree compared to 34.9 percent for men
Increase Global Output
In 2015 McKinsey Global Institute estimated that a scenario in which women achieved complete gender parity with men could increase global output by more than one-quarter relative to a business-as-usual scenario. (worldwide)
Women in Government
Women comprise more than 50 percent of the U.S. population but currently hold just 23 percent of elected seats in Congress and about 1 in 3 state legislative seats. In 2020, 584 women filed to compete for house or senates seats at the federal or state level, a historic high for women seeking office.
Women and Innovation
Dezso and Gaddis Ross 2011 study found that adding women leaders improves performance in innovation-oriented firms
Wage Gap
26 out of the 30 highest-paying jobs in the US are male-dominated. In comparison, 23 out of the 30 lowest-paying jobs in the US are female-dominated.
In the United States, women earned on average $0.82 to every $1 earned by men in 2018 (82%) for annual earnings.
Labour Market
In 2020, only 47% of women of working age participated in the labour market, compared to 74% of men – a gender gap that has remained relatively constant since 1995.
Women In STEM
Women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, representing only slightly more than 35% of the world’s STEM graduates. Women are also a minority in scientific research and development, making up less than a third of the world’s researchers. - United Nations Research
Domestic Violence Rates
During COVID-19 lockdowns, many women and girls have been isolated in unsafe environments where they are at heightened risk of experiencing intimate partner violence. Around one-third of women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner, and 18% have experienced such violence in the past 12 months. In the most extreme cases, violence against women is lethal: globally, an estimated 137 women are killed by their intimate partner or a family member every day. - United Nations Research