What holds women back at work?

Childcare, lack of role models and stereotyping and preconceptions of abilities...

According to new research the biggest barrier to women getting senior jobs is the need to balance work and family responsibilities, 82% of female managers and 54% of male managers see this as the main barrier. The second biggest barrier is also related to childcare. 57% of women managers and 20% of male managers believe that women are seen as less committed to work because they may have family commitments.

The research, called 'What Holds Women Back?' from Opportunity Now, the gender campaign at Business in the Community, asked over 850 line managers what they thought the barriers to women’s progression in the workplace were.

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