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Mexico has the lowest participation of women on boards in Latin America, according to the OECD. This contrasts with the global trend, where women’s participation increased from 21% to 32.5% between 2016 and 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n For the fifth consecutive year,\u00a0the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), in partnership with Kiik Consultores, measures women\u2019s representation on boards and in senior management across nearly 200 publicly listed companies in Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n Additionally, for the first time, a survey was conducted with more than 250 companies to measure gender gaps at the state level, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development of Jalisco.<\/span><\/p>\n Boards<\/span><\/p>\n In 2025, women hold 14% of board seats. At this pace, Mexico would reach parity in corporate governance bodies by 2043.\u00a0<\/span>Women\u2019s representation is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n Representation of women board members relative to the total of board members<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Key executive positions: CEO, CFO, and CLO<\/span><\/p>\n Since 2021, women\u2019s representation in finance and legal roles has increased, but there is stagnation at the CEO level.<\/span><\/p>\n Women\u2019s representation by type of executive position<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Jalisco<\/span> Micro, small and medium entreprises (MSMEs)<\/span><\/p>\n Women\u2019s representation in management positions by company size<\/strong><\/span> IMCO estimates<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that if Mexico increased women\u2019s labor force participation from 46% to the OECD average of 67%, it would require incorporating 18.6 million women into the labor market, potentially increasing national GDP by 6.9 trillion pesos by 2035.<\/span><\/p>\n In Jalisco, increasing women\u2019s participation could raise the state\u2019s GDP by 112.6 billion pesos over the next decade, equivalent to a 5.2% growth.<\/p>\n Large companies.<\/span>\u00a0Set annual targets to progressively increase women\u2019s participation on boards to 40%.<\/span><\/p>\n As well as, strengthen pay transparency through audited gender pay gap reports and a federal platform to publish standardized results.<\/span><\/p>\n MSMEs.\u00a0<\/span>Advance gender gap measurement through the digitalization of administrative records. Also, strengthen corporate governance through clear decision-making structures, internal manuals, and defined strategic roles.<\/span><\/p>\n We thank\u00a0Grupo Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, UN Women Mexico, the British Embassy in Mexico<\/span>, and the 16 business chambers and associations that supported the dissemination of the\u00a0Women in Companies Jalisco 2025<\/span>\u00a0survey.<\/p>\n IMCO<\/span>\u00a0is a non-partisan, non-profit research centre committed to strengthening public decision-making with evidence to build a fair and inclusive country.<\/span><\/p>\n Kiik Consultores<\/span>\u00a0is a consulting firm focused on creating comprehensive solutions to promote professional and personal growth of employees through inclusion, well-being, and job satisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mexico will reach parity on boards of directors by 2043 if current trends continue On average, women hold 14% of board seats, compared to 13% in the past two years. 13% of companies have no women on their boards or in key executive positions, compared to 21% in 2024. For every independent female board member, … Continue reading Women in Business 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52318],"class_list":["post-84979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria","tag-women-economic-autonomy"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tWomen in companies in Mexico<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nJalisco has more than 365 thousand economic units, of which 99.8% are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and 0.2% are large companies, according to the 2024 Economic Census. Four out of five companies report a commitment to gender equality, but is this reflected in practice?<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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