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2026-11-04
The recommendation comes from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in its report Women in Business and Management: Scaling Success, published on Tuesday.
Between 2013 and 2025, the share of companies with a woman board chair rose from 13.1 per cent to 30.1 per cent. The share with a woman CEO climbed from 23.5 per cent to 28.2 per cent.
Yet women remain under-represented in management overall, occupying around a third of managerial-level roles. Gender balance increased at senior and top management levels during the same period but declined at junior and middle management.