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 Home : Australian Women in Leadership Census Tool

Pay Power and Position: Beyond the 2008 Australian Census of Women in Leadership
Among the 89 individual women holding board seats, nearly half chair at least one board committee while only a third of the 1091 men holding board seats chair at least one committee.

At the executive manager level, women are being funnelled into support roles and remain underrepresented in key leadership positions.  Women hold only 7% of key management personnel positions, and are more likely to hold positions that have a low likelihood of being key management personnel such as human resources and public affairs.

(A)gender in the Boardroom
Despite women's experience and expertise, some Directors continue to see women's presence as symbolic and hold them responsible only for what they see as 'soft' issues, like employee relations. This research also revealed that women often find that their ideas and opinions are only acknowledged when a male board member agrees with them.

2008 EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership
The number of women on boards and in executive management positions has declined since 2006, and in some cases reverted to pre-2004 levels. Australia now trails the USA, UK, South Africa and New Zealand.

Women chaired just four boards (2%) and held 8.3% of board director positions, a decline from 8.7% in 2006 and just 0.1 percentage point higher than in 2004. This is lower than other comparable countries and the EC average (10.3%). Just over half of all ASX200 boards have no women board directors.

Applying the principle what gets measured gets managed, the Census is designed to establish accurate statistics to enable international benchmarking.  It identifies the status of women in the most senior leadership positions for the top 200 organisations listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Census uses methodology, developed by the prestigious and influential US based organisation, Catalyst, which has been adapted for Australia and approved by the Australian Commonwealth Statistical Clearing House.

2008 EOWA Census Publication

Key Findings  Word (372 kB)
Key Findings PDF (73 kB)

Women Executive Managers & Board Directors         Word (372 kB)

Women Executive Managers & Board Directors          PDF (30 kB)

Background Materials Word (137 kB)
Background Materials PDF (39 kB)

Blue Ribbon List Word (36 kB)
Blue Ribbon List PDF (16 kB)

2008 Top Earner Report Factsheet (Taken from the 2006 Census)

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