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Promotions not enough to drive gender progress at leadership levels
Flexibility in leadership roles remains rare, according to a new report that calls on employers to "measure the career consequences" of working flexibly in their organisations.
"Women are being promoted at higher rates than men at several points in the pipeline, yet that advantage disappears by the time we reach the most senior positions," notes Professor Alan Duncan, director of Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and co-author of the report.
Gender Equity Insights 2026 is BCEC's 11th annual report in partnership with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), drawing on the most recent year of WGEA data submitted by 8,239 employers, covering 5.44 million employees.
It shows that during 2024–2025, 18.4% of full-time female managers were promoted, compared with 14.1% of full-time male managers. (Among full-time non-managers, the respective rates were 8.7 and 7.9%...)
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