Addressing Obstacles - Working Mother...Career Progression in Asia Jamie Ferrer Head of Consulting &...
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Addressing Obstacles and Opportunities to Women’s Career Progression in Asia
Jamie Ferrer Head of Consulting & Development Community Business
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Women represent 50% of the world’s population
Representation of Women
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Highly Qualified
In one-third of countries across Asia, women now outnumber and outperform menin higher education
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Increasingly Economically Active
Women represent 70% of the total workforce in many markets in Asia
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And yet …
Women are significantly under-represented in leadership
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Top Performer: Malaysia
Worst Performer: India
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47.5%
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Top Performer: China
Worst Performer: India
Top Performer: China
Worst Performer: India
56.3%
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Top Performer: Malaysia
Worst Performer: India
39.0%
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Top Performer: China
Worst Performer: India
24.3%
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CHINA
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This despite the many fantastic policies and programmes companies have in place
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Why Business Leaders Think This Matters
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Eric ZhengPresident & CEO-China
“We will fail in gaining the respect of our key stakeholders, including government, partners and customers.”
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Stakeholder Engagement
“The ultimate risk is that you will fall behind your competition.”
Weber LoCEO & Chief Country Officer
Hong Kong & Macau
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Market Competition
C S ChangSenior Director- Engineering
“[If you] do not have a good balance, decision making becomes lop-sided and performance suffers.”
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Employee Performance
So What Are Common Obstacles to Women’s
Career Progression?
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Some Key Themes• Traditional Gender Norms
Strong cultural expectations of the role of women in Asia persist -influences workplace attitudes and leads to self-limiting beliefs
• Work-Life BalanceDemands and pace of work at many MNCs in Asia make juggling personal and professional responsibilities a challenge for many women- many simply choose not to take on leadership roles
• MobilityExpectation of mobility of talent, within or across the region, can create practical and cultural challenges for women - limits ability to take on leadership assignments
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Wrap Up
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