Women in leadership roles stagnating in India

LinkedIn India, a job recruiting site, has released a report “Women in Leadership in Corporate India.”

Key Highlights of the report:

Globally:

• Women are underrepresented in senior leadership positions (32.1%) compared to their overall workforce participation (41.8%) in 2023.
• There’s also a slight disparity between high-income (20.1%) and lower-middle income countries (19.2%) in terms of female top managers. (World Bank, 2022)

India:

• While there’s been an increase in women’s board representation (from 6% in 2013 to 18% in 2022), only 16.2% of senior and middle management positions were held by women in 2022. (World Bank, 2022)

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