Honor to Women!
28 March 2007
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Morocco is modernizing, mentalities are changing, Moroccan women are becoming more independent and are occupying an increasingly important place in the professional world. They pursue longer studies, allowing them to access the most interesting and best-paid jobs.
However, despite this positive and encouraging observation, women executives remain very few. In fact, only 30% of executives are women. In addition, significant disparities still persist between women and men executives, in terms of salary, responsibilities and career progression.
Professional inequalities still exist
With identical training, women executives are not offered the same career opportunities as men. The majority of them hold positions in activities dominated by administrative or tertiary sectors (communication, human resources, management). If they are more frequently found in team management positions, they remain very much in the minority in management and leadership positions. Indeed, the higher one climbs in the organizational chart, the fewer women there are. Inequality is also reflected in the payslip: with equal status, women's salaries are lower than men's.
The main cause of all these inequalities is the fact that working women prioritize their family life!
Balancing professional and personal life
"Prioritizing the reconciliation of professional and family life, a working woman is less available." Indeed, female executives over 25 are seen by managers as being less mobile, less willing to devote all their time and energy to their company. It should be noted, however, that more and more women only stop working for the duration of their legal maternity leave.
Other preconceived ideas: "women tend to opt for shorter training courses", therefore less valued in the eyes of recruiters, or "women are less attracted to power"... So many ideas still deeply rooted in mentalities that it is time to dislodge them!
Article written by The ReKrute.com team
Casablanca, March 13, 2007
However, despite this positive and encouraging observation, women executives remain very few. In fact, only 30% of executives are women. In addition, significant disparities still persist between women and men executives, in terms of salary, responsibilities and career progression.
Professional inequalities still exist
With identical training, women executives are not offered the same career opportunities as men. The majority of them hold positions in activities dominated by administrative or tertiary sectors (communication, human resources, management). If they are more frequently found in team management positions, they remain very much in the minority in management and leadership positions. Indeed, the higher one climbs in the organizational chart, the fewer women there are. Inequality is also reflected in the payslip: with equal status, women's salaries are lower than men's.
The main cause of all these inequalities is the fact that working women prioritize their family life!
Balancing professional and personal life
"Prioritizing the reconciliation of professional and family life, a working woman is less available." Indeed, female executives over 25 are seen by managers as being less mobile, less willing to devote all their time and energy to their company. It should be noted, however, that more and more women only stop working for the duration of their legal maternity leave.
Other preconceived ideas: "women tend to opt for shorter training courses", therefore less valued in the eyes of recruiters, or "women are less attracted to power"... So many ideas still deeply rooted in mentalities that it is time to dislodge them!
Article written by The ReKrute.com team
Casablanca, March 13, 2007
