Post by pjotr on Jul 24, 2011 22:36:00 GMT 1
Polish women most enterprising in Europe?
22.07.2011 15:18
According to statistics gathered by the European Commission, Polish women are the most entrepreneurial on the continent.
Statistics reveal that 37 percent of business-owners in Poland are female, whilst 35 percent have achieved managerial status.
However, Polish feminists point out that the low level of women on the boards of companies - just 7 percent - demonstrates that there is still considerable discrimination to contend with.
“Despite the fact that women work longer than men, and receive lower average wages for their work, they have a bigger problem in getting promotion,” says Malgorzata Rusewicz, director of the Social Dialogue and Social Affairs Department of the Lewiatan Confederation of Private Employers.
Low female contingents in boardrooms is a problem not unique to Poland. According to the EC, only 12 percent of board members in Europe’s largest companies are women. What's more, only 3 percent of those chairing boards are women.
The EC is currently championing a campaign to raise the level of women on boards to 30 percent by 2015. (nh/jb)
Source: PAP/europa.eu
