Advancing women in government

Public sector advancing more women into leadership positions than private sector

Governments have been more successful at advancing women than the private sector, according to the new Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu report, “Paths to power: Advancing women in government,” launched in advance of International Women’s Day on 8 March. Globally, women are increasingly being elected and appointed to positions of power within the public sector–such as heads of state, ministers and cabinet members, and legislators–more so than in the private sector.

Research shows that almost 10 percent of the members of the United Nations have female heads of state, compared to the 3 percent of the top 1,000 multinational companies that have a woman president or CEO. Furthermore, women comprise nearly 20 percent of parliamentary seats worldwide, compared with 13.5 percent of women executive officers of the top 500 U.S. companies.

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