Mar 14 2009
Girl Power
If you want to be promoted to a higher executive position in the office — perhaps think about moving to the Philippines or working for a Filipino company.
The latest survey results from Grant Thornton International puts the Philippines number one when it comes to having the most number of women in executive positions.
Filipino women hold a whopping 47 percent of all senior management positions. That’s 23 percent more than the world average.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton only managed 18 million cracks on the US Glass ceiling while fighting for the White House.
While Filipino women have been shattering glass ceilings all along, both in Politics and in the corporate world.
The country has had two elected, or some may argue, “selected” female presidents, countless of other cabinet secretaries, senators, members of the house of representatives, governors, mayors and so on.
On the corporate front, a report by the Philippine Daily Inquirer revealed data from the Department of Labor suggesting women steadily outnumbered men in executive positions over the past several years.
In 2002, the ratio was 1.86 million females to 1.4 million males.
In 2006, with the ratio became 2.257 million women to 1.629 million men.
By 2007, this ratio had become 2.281 million female managers to 1.677 million male managers.
Women in Russia , Thailand , Poland, China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Mexico also scored high.
The report, however, revealed Japan, India, the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium remain at the bottom of the list.
Women may be gaining ground in the corporate ladder but men in the office are still taking home more money.
— except me 
