FACTS ABOUT GENDER EQUITY & EQUALITY

Women hold approximately 10 - 20 per cent of Executive and Board positions in Canada's travel industry.
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According to the WTTC, women represent more than 60 per cent of travel & tourism employment.

According to a 2018 LeanIn.org and McKinsey Women in the Workplace study, men are more likely to be hired into manager-level jobs & they are far more likely to be promoted into them.

As UN Women reports, "When more women work, economies grow. Women’s economic
empowerment boosts productivity, ​increases economic diversification and income equality
​in addition to other positive development outcomes."

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