APM report reveals barriers for women in industry

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A survey by Association for Project Management (APM) has revealed the differences between what male and female project professionals consider to be the biggest barrier to women entering the profession.

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The survey of 1,000 project professionals (from junior to director level) was undertaken with research company Censuswide. It showed that of the 308 female respondents, a third (33.4 per cent) said that unequal pay is the main barrier, followed by gender stereotyping (32.5 per cent) and not enough women having taken STEM subjects while studying at school, college or university (29 per cent).

However, among the male respondents, the most common reason as to why more women aren’t joining the profession was cited as being the perception that the industry is male dominated (31.5 per cent of male respondents).

APM’s survey also highlighted the different opinions of project professionals within different industry sectors. In engineering, 43 per cent said gender stereotyping is the biggest barrier for women entering their profession.

In technology, unequal pay was considered the biggest barrier to women entering project management as a career (40 per cent), whilst too few women taking STEM subjects at school was considered the biggest barrier for women entering transport and logistics (35 per cent) and construction (40 per cent).

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