Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum
chinagate.cn, January 13, 2015 Adjust font size:
A study, titled Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum, is released by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and covers 80 of the 108 countries for which ILO data is available.
The report's findings show that women own and manage over 30 percent of all businesses but that they are more likely to be found in micro and small enterprises. As a result, helping women grow their businesses remains not only critical for increasing gender equality but also for overall national economic development.
The report shows that Jamaica has the highest proportion of women managers at 59.3 percent while Yemen has the least with 2.1 percent. The United States is in 15th place in the list of 108 countries with 42.7 percent women managers while the United Kingdom is in 41st place with 34.2 percent.
