Women in Italy are finally starting to make a career. Although the female unemployment rate remains significantly higher than the male one and the road to equal employment and wages is still long, some glimmers of light are beginning to appear in the panorama that bode well. At least for the next generations.
THE WOMEN MANAGERS INCREASE
In 2016, for example, women generally represented 16,6% of private managers. Taking the under 40s as a reference, the percentage rises to 28,2%, which it becomes 30,8% among the under 35s.
In this process it is also necessary to take into consideration the economic crisis that has hit the whole world, the effects of which on Italy are well known. According to what is stated in the Relationship women presented on 7 March by Manager Italia, an interesting trend can be observed: from 2008 to 2016, private managers decreased by 4,9%. Analyzing the data from the point of view of gender, however, it is discovered that men recorded a -9,7%, while women scored a +29,4%. “Even last year's increase (+0,4% 2016/2015) – explains Manager Italia – is all due to women (+4,4%), compared to a slight decrease in men (-0,4% %).
WOMEN MANAGERS: THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE
Based on the data, the Region that, in percentage terms, conquers the primacy is the Molise (28,2%), followed by Sicily (23,1%), Lazio (22,2%), Basilicata (20%), Lombardy (18,5%) and Valle d'Aosta (17,9%). "And, if in the smaller regions the very limited number of executives and family businesses can often have a significant impact, in Lombardy and Lazio the phenomenon is undoubted and destined to increase", reads the report. In detail, Lombardy, Milan leads with 7.108 female executives, is the region with the highest numerical presence of female executives 8.859. Lazio follows with 4.030, as many as 3.902 in Rome.
WOMEN AND BUSINESS
It is not only the number of women who manage to make a career that is growing, but also those who decide to create a business. In detail, at the end of 2017, there are almost 10 more female businesses registered in the Register of Chambers of Commerce compared to the previous year, almost 30 more than in 2014. “With this constant increase, Unioncamere and InfoCamere explain – the army of over 331 women-run production businesses now represents 21,86 .21,76% of the total enterprises (it was XNUMX% the previous year”).
The data processed byObservatory for female entrepreneurship they show us that the corporations run by women increased by almost 17% in 2017 compared to three years earlier, coming to represent over 21% of women-owned businesses, while partnerships and sole proprietorships, which remain, however, the most widespread legal form in the entrepreneurial universe female, are gradually decreasing.
In this case, at the regional level, the most consistent growth is concentrated in Sicily, Lazio, Campania and Lombardy. In December 2017 compared to December 2016, the stock of women's businesses in these territories marks an overall increase of over 8 thousand businesses.
ENTERPRISES AND REGIONS
"Almost half of the total balance - continues the Observatory - is due to theincrease in female enterprises active in the tourism sector and in that of Other service activities, within which the most consistent contribution comes from personal services. In percentage terms, however, and in some cases with a good presence of companies led by young people under the age of 35, it is the Professional, scientific and technical activities that have increased the most compared to 2016 (+3,8%), the Rental , travel agencies and business support services (+3,2%, within which the largest balances are those of building maintenance and care of green areas and business support services, including, for example, the organization of conferences and other service activities), health and social assistance (+3,4%), education (+2,8%), and artistic, sporting and entertainment activities (+2,2%) ”.
