The role of women in business management worldwide is steadily increasing. By 2023, the percentage of female executives is expected to surpass 10% in the world’s largest Fortune Global 500 companies for the first time. Kursiv Research is examining the status of female business leadership in Uzbekistan, starting with small businesses and progressing to banks, the corporate sector and large enterprises.

Women matter

 Women’s leadership can have significant economic benefits. The 2015 McKinsey Global Institute report revealed that promoting gender diversity in government and the private sector could add $12 trillion to global GDP over a decade. Companies in the top quartile are 21% more likely to be top earners.

According to Credit Suisse, from 2006 to 2011, companies with a market capitalisation of over $10 billion and at least one woman on the board of directors saw their share value increase 26% faster than corporations with exclusively male-dominated boards.

The Peterson Institute for International Economics study of 22,000 public companies in 91 countries founds that increasing the proportion of women in management from 0 to 30% resulted in an average 15% increase in net profit margin.

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