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Women in the Boardroom
A Global Perspective – 7th Edition
The underrepresentation of women on boards remains a key area of focus for organizations globally, but overall progress remains slow and for women in leadership positions, even slower.
Published: 21 March 2022
The underrepresentation of women on boards remains a key area of focus for organizations globally, but overall progress remains slow and for women in leadership positions, even slower.
We are pleased to share our 7th Edition of Women in the Boardroom.
The global, regional, and geography analyses are based on a dataset covering 10,493 companies in 72 countries—more than 176,340 directorships—spanning Asia Pacific, the Americas, and EMEA, exploring insights on the political, social, and legislative trends behind these numbers. While these private and public sector efforts demonstrate steps toward achieving parity, the pace of collective progress needs to pick up.
In 2021, listed companies’ board seats held by women is 13.1% and 13.9% in the Mainland China and Hong Kong respectively, higher than average figure in Asia (11.7%). For board chairs that are women, it is 10.3% in Mainland China and 7.1% in Hong Kong.
This year, Deloitte Global collaborated with The 30% Club, whose mission is to achieve at least 30% representation of women in board seats and executive leadership among all listed companies. The report provides a short summary of the “story on the ground" for each country where the 30% Club maintains a chapter, portraying a world of uneven progress.