The bad news is that we still have a long way to go. Even though discrimination laws now prohibit outright sexual discrimination, more subtle practices still affect the position of women in the business world. Salaries for women still lag behind those for men in many areas including accounting, financial services, and various sciences. More than half of the women in the Swiss survey had not advanced in their careers as quickly as men with the same credentials.
Women are less likely than men to be self-employed.
Why women are so invisible. Copyright 1998 Diane Maluso and the Women Mean Business class. All rights reserved.