In a country that lagged behind, progress now is taking place in business, politics, and the judiciary
In a country where women have long lagged behind their European and U.S. counterparts in salaries and power, Spain's Magda Salarich is a beacon of hope. After getting a degree in industrial engineering in the 1970s, she went to work for French carmaker Citroën and worked her way up the ranks in communications, training, and marketing, while earning master's degrees from two of Spain's best business schools, Instituto de Empressa and IESE. Today, Salarich is general manager of Citroën Spain and European head of sales and marketing for the parent company. An avid cyclist and mother of two children, she describes herself as "800,000 cars."
No question, the female population of Spain has had a lot of catching up to do. The four decades of authoritarian dictatorship following Spain's civil war kept women in traditional roles far longer than other Europeans, and they trailed far behind women in the U.S. and Britain who gained substantial ground during World War II when they filled in for men away at battle. Even now, less than 3% of top management in Spain's public companies is female.
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