"Projected trend indicates it could take 40 years for women to achieve parity with men in corporate officer ranks."According to their report, the average Fortune 500 company had 21.8 corporate officers in 2005 and on average, women held only 3.6 of these positions.
More stats, so we know where we're at:
More than one-half of the Fortune 500 had fewer than three women corporate officers.
Women occupied only 9.4 percent of clout titles (those higher than vice president), up from 7.9 percent in 2002.
Only eight companies in the Fortune 500 were led by a woman CEO in 2005 (none of those companies were among the Fortune 100).
Oh, and one more: Fully 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies reported no women as top earners. Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst's president, says it best: "This tenth anniversary census is a wake-up call to business leaders...the continuing gender gap in senior leadership, especially among women of color, demonstrates a persistent uneven playing field."
Catalyst has suggestions in their paper and on their website on how to increment changes so more of us can ascend, and Lang states that "women have the education, expertise, experience, and ambition to advance to these top positions in much greater numbers."
Go get 'em, girl!
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