Advancing women’s empowerment

Advancing women’s empowerment

Women several factors and policies that contribute to women not making it to the top in greater numbers.The biggest barriers are general norms and cultural practices within countries,corporate culture,and the lack of role models.But other factors such as a lack of work/life balance opportunities , critical work experience, a lack of company commitment to diversity or absence of target setting, the lack of networks and mentoring opportunities also play an important role.Many firms are currently actively engaged in efforts to strengthen the role of women and fix the leaky pipeline,which suggests that they find that the benefits outweigh any costs.The business literature suggests that these objectives are more often pursued by firms which already have relatively high numbers of female managers and are often driven by strong commitment from the CEO and senior management. Through setting targets and measuring performance, whether on a voluntary or mandatory basis companies make managers accountable.