Women in some developing economies are joining the top ranks of business management at the same pace as those in western countries.
This is particularly true in the largest emerging markets, says Saadia Zahidi, head of gender and employment initiatives at the World Economic Forum. The body’s annual Global Gender Gap Index uses economic, educational, health and political indicators to rank 145 economies on how well they are using their female talent pool.
“You have a group of highly skilled women in the higher and middle income brackets who are doing incredibly well and in many cases better in terms of the gender gap and leadership than in [some] developed countries,” says Ms Zahidi.