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Grant Thornton's research on “Women Managers in Business World", which has been conducted every year since 2004, revealed the impact of the pandemic period on female managers. Ranking 12th out of 29 countries, Turkey is above the United Kingdom, France and the United States, while Japan, which has been at the bottom of this list 17 years, stays at the last place.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - Independent audit, tax, accounting and consulting company Grant Thornton conducted a research entitled “Women managers in business 2021” with the participation of nearly 5 thousand companies from 29 countries, including Turkey. According to the results of a 17-year study that examined the impact of the pandemic on women managers, despite the extraordinary conditions created by COVID-19, the proportion of women managers reached 31% on the global average, an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the previous year. In Turkey, this figure was recorded as 35%, a decrease of 1 point compared to last year, and was 4 points above the global average. 12 out of 29 countries in the female executive ratio. it was also noted that Turkey is behind Germany and Canada, above the United Kingdom, France and America.

Commenting on the results of the research, Gül Sahin, one of the partners of Grant Thornton Independent Audit Services in Turkey, said that the pandemic period offers opportunities to increase diversity and participation in enterprises, noting that it is happy that the rate in Turkey has exceeded the critical barrier of 30%. Şahin said, “As Grant Thornton Turkey, we attach great importance to maintaining a participatory and gender-balanced cultural structure. The proportion of our female employees at all levels is 55%, and our female executive rate is 20%. With these figures, we are proud to have a positive impact on our country's gender equality report card.”

Most female managers are working in human resources and finance!

According to Grant Thornton's research, the roles in which women managers were most active were human resources and finance. Directed to the survey participants, “In which positions are women in senior management in your company?" 44% of the participants answered the question of human resources, 39% said CFO, 34% said CEO / Managing Partner. According to the survey, at the beginning of the priority strategies to improve and maintain the gender balance in Turkey participants came create a culture with 37%. It was followed by setting goals for gender balance at management levels at 35% and ensuring equal access to development opportunities at 34%.

Japan doesn't lose the last spot

Commenting on the results of the research, Grant Thornton International Tax Services Global Leader Francesca Lagerberg stated that the fact that the global average of 19% reached 31%, 17 years ago, when the research was carried out for the first time, is a great improvement. Lagerberg said, reassuringly, that 92% of the global participants declared that they are making an intention and effort to increase the proportion of women managers. The most not surprising result of the research, which has been held for 17 years, was that Japan was at the bottom of the list this year, as every year. In Japan, where a patriarchal order prevails, the rate of female managers was the lowest among 29 countries with 15%, while South Korea with 18% above Japan and the United Arab Emirates with 26% just above it.