Breaking gender-barriers: How women are becoming managers [1]

On average, 80% of workers on a sewing floor in a garment factory in Bangladesh are women. Yet 95% of managers and supervisors are men. In this VoxDev Talk, Chris Woodruff discusses his study to understand the reason behind this gap and how his fellow researchers and he have changed mind-sets to bring about change.

Standfirst: 
How do we get more women in senior positions? Chris Woodruff shares insights from the Bangladeshi garment industry
Interviewee: 
christopherwoodruff0 [2]
Date Published: 
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Tags: 
gender [3]
Bangladesh [4]
Culture [5]
pay gap [6]
gender gap [7]
garment [8]
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Topic: 
Firms & Trade [9]
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Audio File: 
Audio icon VoxDev talk Chris Woodruff.mp3 [15]
Photo Credit: 
Solidarity Center (2015)