{"id":137702,"date":"2022-01-12T11:26:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=137702"},"modified":"2022-01-12T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T10:29:06","slug":"gender-barriers-still-need-to-be-broken-down-in-the-boardroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/gender-barriers-still-need-to-be-broken-down-in-the-boardroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender barriers still need to be broken down in the boardroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imbalances in the boardroom continues to be a major issue in the public relations industry, according to the results from the Global Women in PR\u2019s 2021 Annual Index, produced in partnership with Opinium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Index finds that little has improved when it comes to women leaders in comms. Despite the fact that two-thirds of the global industry\u2019s workforce are female, the majority of boardrooms are still made up of male decisionmakers. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The survey questionnaire, designed to measure the fortunes of women working in PR and comms across the globe, asked respondents about\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0working environments, the pressures\u00a0of\u00a0PR, barriers to leadership, the impact of\u00a0parenting,\u00a0workplace sexual harassment and\u00a0the gender pay gap.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked\u00a0what could help women take on more senior roles,\u00a057% of\u00a0respondents felt that remote working was\u00a0important, with\u00a0<\/span>73%\u00a0saying\u00a0they would be more likely to\u00a0take\u00a0a job that offered flexible working (an increase from the\u00a069% in 2020).\u00a0And flexibility\u00a0is where there has been\u00a0real\u00a0evolution\u00a0over the last year\u00a0–\u00a091% of PR professionals are currently working flexibly;\u00a0most believe\u00a0that\u00a0hybrid working will continue\u00a0post-pandemic, also. 21% said they will be working\u00a0remotely full-time over the next 12 months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Barriers to leadership positions highlighted in the Index are, perhaps unsurprisingly,\u00a0childcare\u00a0and caring\u00a0responsibilities. Three-quarters\u00a0of those taking part in the survey feel\u00a0that a lack of flexible working and family-friendly policies\u00a0stop women from achieving promotion to leadership level.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0belief\u00a0t<\/span>hat having women in the boardroom\u00a0improves productivity and creativity\u00a0is held by\u00a0over four-fifths of\u00a0the\u00a0PR professionals\u00a0who took part in the study. 82%\u00a0also\u00a0believe that\u00a0this\u00a0improves\u00a0working practices, with 81% believing women on boards clears barriers to promotion for other women. \u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018With the changes to more flexible working practices being brought about by Covid and a real recognition by businesses that women, and a truly diverse workforce, really do make a difference to the profitability of a company, there is light at the end of the tunnel,\u2019 said\u00a0Angela Oakes, Joint President and Co-Founder of GWPR.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018We hope that our 2022 Annual Index will show that the dial has moved to a better place for all of us in our industry.\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Download\u00a0the full Global Women in PR Index for 2021\u00a0\u2013 including data on mental health, burn out, in-house versus agency and more –\u00a0<\/span><\/b>here on the website<\/span><\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more on the\u00a0trends to come for PR and communications in 2022, check out\u00a0our\u00a0<\/span><\/b>expert contributors\u2019 predictions<\/span><\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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