We’re Not There Yet: The Hard Facts On Gender Equality
While some of the most obvious barriers to gender equality have been removed, women remain second class citizens in the workplace. Sometimes the truth (really) hurts but you have to know it, to change it.
While some of the most obvious barriers to gender equality have been removed, women remain second class citizens in the workplace. Sometimes the truth (really) hurts but you have to know it, to change it.
217
The number of years it will take for the economic gender gap to close internationally
Source: World Economic Forum
37%
The amount of GDP women generate globally, despite making up 50 per cent of the working-age population
Source: McKinsey
24
The number of female CEOs in the Fortune 500 – America’s largest corporations (less than 5 per cent of the total list)
Source: Fortune
$28 trillion
The GDP boost if women participated in the world’s economy identically to men
Source: McKinsey
12/16
Women rank more highly than men in 12 of the 16 traits identified as essential to leadership – including problem solving, communication and innovation
Source: HBR
60%
Men will apply for a job when they meet this percentage of advertised qualifications, while women only tend to do so if they meet 100 per cent
Source: HBR
$USD 36,203/$USD 43,063
The median annual earnings of American women of colour working full-time compared to white women
Source: DOL
51%/41%
The employment rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males versus females (aged 15 years and over)
Source: ABS
1 in 4
The number of professional women who, upon attempting to return to work after a career break, couldn’t find work
Source: HBR
16%/13%/9%
The unemployment rate for transgender people in America, versus LGBTQI+ people and the general population
Source: Civic Science
27%
The reduced risk of becoming insolvent for incorporated companies with at least one female director – compared to all-male company boards
42%
Average superannuation balances for women at retirement are this much less than men’s
Source: WGEA
Image credits: Patti Andrews
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