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THERE
are more women managers than male managers in the
Philippines.
This was
revealed by Carmelita Ericta, administrator of the
National Statistics Office, when she spoke at the
“Advocacy Forum on Gender Statistics” held Tuesday at
the National Economic and Development Authority in
Makati.
She said
that of the total 3.943 million managers in the country
based on the latest available figures in 2005, 2.27
million, or 57.6 percent, are women, as against 1.673
million, or 42.4 percent, male managers.
But the
dominance of women managers is more pronounced in the
government sector than in the private sector, she said.
She said
there are more male managers in the private sector but
on the whole, including those in the government, there
are more women managers.
Criselda
Sy, director at the Bureau of Labor and Employment
Statistics, another speaker at the forum, explained to
the BusinessMirror that male managers are not drawn to
the government sector because of the low pay compared
with the private sector. “The pay is not comparable to
the private sector,” she said.
Ericta
said women in the tertiary level in the government—the
directors, managers and supervisors—prefer working in
the government because they are satisfied with the
benefits they get and because of the good working
condition compared with the private sector.
In
general, says Ericta, based on October 2007 data, women
dominate such major occupation groups as professionals,
clerks and officials of government and special-interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing
proprietors and supervisors.
On the
other hand, male workers are drawn to such occupation
groups as plant and machine operators and assemblers;
farmers, forestry workers and fishermen; special
occupations; and trades and related work.
By major
industry group, Ericta said that based on October 2007
data, females dominate private households, education,
health and social work, wholesale and retail trade and
financial intermediation.
On the
other hand, male employees dominate the construction
industry; transport, storage and communication; mining
and quarrying; fishing; electricity, gas and water;
agriculture, hunting and forestry; extraterritorial
organizations and bodies; and real estate, renting and
business activities.
Of those
employed based on October 2007 figures, 62 percent are
male while 38 percent are female. Of the unemployed, 63
percent are male while 36 percent are female.
At the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), gender
statistics show that females constitute the majority of
the DTI training programs’ beneficiaries at 58 percent.
Females
account for majority of trainees in sectors such as food
products, giftware and holiday décor and other services.
Males are more into information technology, electronics
and engineering sectors.
These
training programs refer to technical and managerial
skills’ development which are essential to the growth of
businesses. These are more advanced than the trainings
offered by the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority.
On
business-name registration, the DTI showed that as of
2006, most of business names in the country were
registered to females, representing 46 percent.
But
percentage between men and women are almost equal for
all sectors, with women gaining a slight edge in the
retailing sector at 52 percent.
In 2007
the Development Bank of the Philippines and the Land
Bank of the Philippines released a total of P202 million
to a total of 5,279 women beneficiaries, generating an
employment total of 1,705. (With Jesse Edep) |
