International Women's Day - #BreaktheBias

Happy International Women’s Day

This year’s theme is #BreaktheBias:

“Imagine a gender-equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias.” - IWD Global

Women continue to face a broken rung at the first step up to manager: for every 100 men promoted to manager, only 86 women are promoted. As a result, men outnumber women significantly at the manager level, which means that there are far fewer women to promote to higher levels. The broken rung likely explains why representation of women at the senior-manager, director, and vice-president levels has improved more slowly than the pipeline overall.

Image: McKinsey Women in the Workplace Report 2021

In short, there’s still a lot of work to be done.

Today, in celebration of IWD22, Pursuit is highlighting leadership books written by Women of Colour. Until more WoC climb the ranks to C-Suite and share their stories, there’ll still be a gender imbalance in this space.