Only one female executive in state-run enterprises: Report
- 5 years ago
The glass ceiling for women here in Korea has gotten thicker... with only one female executive out of 1-hundred-63 executives last year.
Our Choi Si-young tells us more.
South Korean business analyst firm CEO Score said Wednesday that last year there was only one female executive out of nearly two-hundred executives in thirty-five state-run companies.
That's less than one-percent.
The only female executive took up her position in January last year at Korea Land and Housing Corporation.
She was the first female executive in the state-run company's fifty-six year history.
According to the report, the figures have been similar for the past five years.
In 2014, 2015 and 2017, only two female executives were appointed to senior management.
That number fell to one in 2018.
The figures are a little better at the top 30 private firms by sales... where there were nearly three-hundred females,... out of nearly 10-thousand executives... in leadership roles last year.
That's still only three percent of the total.
In March last year, the government announced that it would increase the number of female executives at state-run companies and other government organizations to twenty percent of the total senior management... by 2022.
But, it seems more needs be done to make that goal a reality.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.
Our Choi Si-young tells us more.
South Korean business analyst firm CEO Score said Wednesday that last year there was only one female executive out of nearly two-hundred executives in thirty-five state-run companies.
That's less than one-percent.
The only female executive took up her position in January last year at Korea Land and Housing Corporation.
She was the first female executive in the state-run company's fifty-six year history.
According to the report, the figures have been similar for the past five years.
In 2014, 2015 and 2017, only two female executives were appointed to senior management.
That number fell to one in 2018.
The figures are a little better at the top 30 private firms by sales... where there were nearly three-hundred females,... out of nearly 10-thousand executives... in leadership roles last year.
That's still only three percent of the total.
In March last year, the government announced that it would increase the number of female executives at state-run companies and other government organizations to twenty percent of the total senior management... by 2022.
But, it seems more needs be done to make that goal a reality.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.