Not Up There - Israel & The Glass Ceiling 2025

We have had other things on our minds here in the last few years, but looking up for a moment at the state of the glass ceiling we can see that there's work to be done. Israel comes in the bottom quarter at 23rd out of the 29 OECD countries (!) in The Economist’s 2025 glass-ceiling index.

The great thing about this index is that it uses 10 indicators that reflect real life for women. These are:

1. Higher education

2. GMAT exams taken by women

3. Labor-force participation rate

4. Gender wage gap

5. Women in managerial positions

6. Women on company boards

7. Women in government

8. Net child-care costs

9. Paid leave for mothers

10. Paid leave for fathers

A quick look at the graph shows you that we have done a lot better in past years nd we are up 2 places since last year. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow in every way.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/08/the-economist-best-countries-working-woman.html