MAI: female participation in directorates is 25%

Today there are in Israel 5,700 female managers representing 5.1% of all employees in industry, compared with 29,000 male managers
 
A special survey conducted by the Manufacturers Association of Israel ahead of the International Women's Day found that the average rate of female participation in directorates was 25%.
 
Ronit Sklar, chairman of the Women Industrialists Forum at the Manufacturers Association, called upon the manufacturers to double the rate to 50%. Furthermore, she suggested that companies in the public sector should be obliged by law to appoint women to directorate positions.
 
Sklar added that today there are in Israel 5,700 female managers representing 5.1% of all employees in industry, compared with 29,000 male managers. About 4,700 women, 4.3% of the women employed in industry, were working in technology professions in fields such as engineering, electricity and computing.