GLASS CEILING AND GENDER EQUALITY

1. GLASS CEILING AND GENDER
EQUALITY
Presented By:
Tulsi Patel

2. Glass Ceiling
 A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible
barrier that keeps a given demographic (typically applied to
minorities) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy.
 The metaphor was first coined by feminists in reference to
barriers in the careers of high-achieving women.

3. Definition
 The United States Federal Glass Ceiling Commission defines the
glass ceiling as "the unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that keeps
minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of the
corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or
achievements."

5. Glass Ceiling

6. Reasons why Glass Ceiling exists
 Male dominated management, which made all the decisions for
the company.
 Lack of proper anti discrimination law and government action on
discrimination.
 Men’s attitude towards problems faced by women.
 Preference of men over women of same educational qualification
and caliber.
 Sexual harassment was seen as another major hindrance in the
women’s career.

9. Barriers and how women can break
through them

10. Barriers
• Women are viewed as more emotional and unstable.
• Assumption that women are not as devoted to their professions as
men.
• Occupation segregation; the idea that men are “tough and shrewd
(smart)” while women are “weak and soft”
• Male centric competitive model within organizations.
• Men are offered higher level jobs over women because people
believe that women want to maintain a home and career balance.

11. Ways women can break through the Glass
Ceiling

12.  Step up
 Keep your compassion in check
 Network outside of your team
 Make your achievements known
 Make your presence known
 Create alliance with men
 Build your network, find a mentor, build your reputation
 Know your strengths
 Be yourself!

13. Successful Women That Have Broken The
Glass Ceiling

16. More Women are entering workforce

17. Gender Equality
 Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of
equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of
gender, including economic participation and decision-making;
and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs
equally, regardless of gender.

19. Brief history
 In the past, women have to faced discrimination. Women did not
have legal right the same as men had.
 Moreover, people believed that men are superior than women that’s
why had to work in the household only.
WOMEN DID NOT HAVE RIGHT TO
VOTE!!

20. Understanding the concept of Gender
Equality at Workplace
 What is the aim of gender equality at work?
The intent of gender equality program or campaign is to
accomplish broadly equal outcomes for men and women. To
achieve this, we need:
Elimination of gender discrimination, specifically by caring and
family responsibilities.

21. Access to every industry and occupation, including all leadership
roles regardless of gender.
Equal participation of women and removal of all barriers to the
full in the workforce.
To render equal pay for work of comparable or equal value.

22. Promoting gender equality at work
To help foster gender equality, you could:
 Give training to raise awareness and promote fair behaviors
 Provide childcare facilities, family-friendly policies and
childcare vouchers
 Shine a spotlight on successful women in your company, both
internally and through media channels — and ask senior women
to act as mentors
 Establish policies for fair pay and work/life balance, and ensure
managers fully support them

23. General Motors

24. General Motors
General Motors is the world’s best company when it comes to
gender equality.
GM took top honors because it was the only company to have a
female CEO (Its current CEO, Mary Barra, is the company’s first
female CEO and the first woman to hold a CEO position at a major
global automaker.) and have an equal number of men and women
on its board.

25. The company is also one of just two other global giants that have
implemented pay equality across all levels, including low-level
employees and top executives. GM also offers flexible work
locations and has policies in place to prevent workplace sexual
violence.

26. “Gender Equality is
not a women’s issue, it
is a human issue. It
affects us all.”

27. Thank You…