Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
A long way to gender parity
Diversity & Inclusion | C-Suite
January 5, 2023 – Business leaders and workers in Mexico are increasingly paying attention to issues around diversity and gender equity. Even so, it will take a century for women to achieve parity in senior leadership positions in companies there, find senior partner Eduardo Bolio, partner Valentina Ibarra, and colleagues. Women represent 40 percent of those in entry-level corporate roles but only 10 percent of those in C-suite and CEO positions.
To read the report, see “Women Matter Mexico 2022: Uneven parity,” October 13, 2022.
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Corporate pipeline chart.
Layout / body structure
The visual is laid out as a ladder or funnel across organizational levels, so the reader starts at entry level and follows the steep narrowing toward senior leadership. The reading order is bottom to top through the corporate hierarchy.
What is being compared
It compares the representation of women at different levels of Mexican companies, especially the gap between entry-level participation and C-suite representation.
Measurement system
The chart uses representation shares, so the reader is tracking the percentage of women at each rung of the corporate ladder and the implied pace of progress toward parity.
Visible structure inside the graphic
The internal structure is made up of corporate levels arranged in sequence, with each rung carrying a representation value or share marker. The dramatic narrowing toward the top is the most important structural feature of the chart.
Main takeaway from the visual
The page shows that the talent pipeline is not the problem at the entry point; the problem is attrition or stalled progression as the ladder rises. The visual makes the leadership gap look structural because the drop from entry level to the C-suite is so severe.
Key standout values or extremes
Women are shown at about 40 percent of entry-level corporate roles but only 10 percent of C-suite roles in Mexican companies. The page also notes that, at the current pace, reaching parity at senior levels would take around 100 years.
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