Women executives outnumber men in RP, reports DOLE
Filipino men have lots of catching up against their women counterpart in terms of occupying executive positions.
Citing data from the Department of Labor and Employment's Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES), Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion said that Filipino women have steadily been outnumbering men in executive positions over the last five years. The data were culled from the labor force survey of the National Statistics Office.
Brion said there are more Filipino women supervisors and executives than men, noting the gap had steadily widened since 2002.
Data showed that there were 1.4 million Filipino men holding supervisory and executive positions against 1.86 million women in 2002. The numbers increased with more women rising to supervisory positions than men in the next four years.
In 2004, the number of male supervisors and executives totaled 1.613 million rising to 1.629 million in 2006 with only 16,000 additional male executives.
In contrast, the number of women executives rose in bigger number from 2.162 million in 2004 to 2.257 million in 2006 with 97,000 women managers added to the total last year.
Brion noted that the number of Filipino women holding top positions is globally remarkable. He cited an international survey which showed that 97 percent of businesses in the Philippines have women in senior management positions, the highest among 32 countries surveyed and also significantly higher than the global average of 59 %.
This survey by the Grant Thornton International Business Report released early this year also showed a 13 % increase in the number of Philippine businesses with women managers from the 2004 figure.
Following the Philippines on the rankings were Mainland China with 91 percent; Malaysia, 85 percent; Brazil, 83 percent; Hong Kong, 83 percent; Thailand, 81 percent; Taiwan, 80 percent; South Africa, 77 percent; Botswana, 74 percent and Russia, 73 percent.
At the bottom of the list was Japan, where only 25 percent of businesses had women in top positions. Also ranked low were the Netherlands, 27 percent; Luxembourg, 37 percent; Germany, 41 percent; and Italy, 42 percent.
Brion attributed the rise in the number of women supervisors and managers in the country to education. He said that the same BLES data showed that one out of three employed women or 32.8 % of the total 12.8 million employed women in the country in 2006 had reached college. In contrast, only one out of five men or 22.5 % of the total 20.156 million employed men in the country had reached college.
More Filipino employed women in the country also completed college than men. One out of five of them finished college or higher education while only one out of 10 employed Filipino men completed their college education last year.
With higher education, women have better chances of also getting better paying and higher positions, the DOLE chief said.
In 2006, women also dominated their male counterpart in the following occupations: professionals (7.7 % versus 2.2 %), technicians and associate professional (3.6 % versus 2.2 %), clerks (7.7 % versus 2.7 %), service workers and shop and markets sales workers (12.5 % versus 7.6 %), and laborers and unskilled workers (36.1 % versus 28.8 %).
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The bottom line is, Filipino men are lousy workers, compared to the diligent *ahem* Filipinas. I've noticed this a lot.
Citing data from the Department of Labor and Employment's Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES), Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion said that Filipino women have steadily been outnumbering men in executive positions over the last five years. The data were culled from the labor force survey of the National Statistics Office.
Brion said there are more Filipino women supervisors and executives than men, noting the gap had steadily widened since 2002.
Data showed that there were 1.4 million Filipino men holding supervisory and executive positions against 1.86 million women in 2002. The numbers increased with more women rising to supervisory positions than men in the next four years.
In 2004, the number of male supervisors and executives totaled 1.613 million rising to 1.629 million in 2006 with only 16,000 additional male executives.
In contrast, the number of women executives rose in bigger number from 2.162 million in 2004 to 2.257 million in 2006 with 97,000 women managers added to the total last year.
Brion noted that the number of Filipino women holding top positions is globally remarkable. He cited an international survey which showed that 97 percent of businesses in the Philippines have women in senior management positions, the highest among 32 countries surveyed and also significantly higher than the global average of 59 %.
This survey by the Grant Thornton International Business Report released early this year also showed a 13 % increase in the number of Philippine businesses with women managers from the 2004 figure.
Following the Philippines on the rankings were Mainland China with 91 percent; Malaysia, 85 percent; Brazil, 83 percent; Hong Kong, 83 percent; Thailand, 81 percent; Taiwan, 80 percent; South Africa, 77 percent; Botswana, 74 percent and Russia, 73 percent.
At the bottom of the list was Japan, where only 25 percent of businesses had women in top positions. Also ranked low were the Netherlands, 27 percent; Luxembourg, 37 percent; Germany, 41 percent; and Italy, 42 percent.
Brion attributed the rise in the number of women supervisors and managers in the country to education. He said that the same BLES data showed that one out of three employed women or 32.8 % of the total 12.8 million employed women in the country in 2006 had reached college. In contrast, only one out of five men or 22.5 % of the total 20.156 million employed men in the country had reached college.
More Filipino employed women in the country also completed college than men. One out of five of them finished college or higher education while only one out of 10 employed Filipino men completed their college education last year.
With higher education, women have better chances of also getting better paying and higher positions, the DOLE chief said.
In 2006, women also dominated their male counterpart in the following occupations: professionals (7.7 % versus 2.2 %), technicians and associate professional (3.6 % versus 2.2 %), clerks (7.7 % versus 2.7 %), service workers and shop and markets sales workers (12.5 % versus 7.6 %), and laborers and unskilled workers (36.1 % versus 28.8 %).
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The bottom line is, Filipino men are lousy workers, compared to the diligent *ahem* Filipinas. I've noticed this a lot.