Women In Leadership Positions
- Women may earn higher wages now than in the past, but they still earn less compared to their male colleagues
- The number of women CEO’s have dropped to 4.8% in recent years
- The United States have fallen behind in the representation of women in leadership positions
- In 1997, the US was ranked 52nd globally for women’s representation in government
- In 2016, the US fell to 97th globally
- Less than one in five legislators are women, and of that, less than one in fifteen are women of color
- Today, 127 out of the 525 members (23.7%) of Congress are women
Senate: 25 out of 100 members are women (25%)
House of Reps: 102 out of 435 members are women (23.4%)
- Women may earn higher wages now than in the past, but they still earn less compared to their male colleagues
- The number of women CEO’s have dropped to 4.8% in recent years
- The United States have fallen behind in the representation of women in leadership positions
- In 1997, the US was ranked 52nd globally for women’s representation in government
- In 2016, the US fell to 97th globally
- Less than one in five legislators are women, and of that, less than one in fifteen are women of color
- Today, 127 out of the 525 members (23.7%) of Congress are women
Senate: 25 out of 100 members are women (25%)
House of Reps: 102 out of 435 members are women (23.4%)