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The Critical Evaluation of the Barriers and Opportunities for Women’s Management in the Public Sector in West Africa Name: University Introduction Participation of women in the management of public sector is one of the biggest challenges facing West African countries and the world in general. Women play a very significant role in the economy despite the various obstacles they face in their jobs. Research has shown that women have faced discrimination in their quest to gain more supremacy especially in management positions and their contribution has been undervalued primarily due to lack of reliable and credible evidence to back up their participation (Jerven 2013). However it has been observed that women's involvement in the labor force has been overwhelming despite being unrecognized and unappreciated. This paper aims at establishing various barriers and opportunities for women especially in management platform in West Africa and thus provides a critical evaluation on Global Forum on Public GovernanceFostering Diversity for Inclusive Growth(2-4 April 2014) Women's Leadership in Public Life retrieved from www.oecd.org Steady F. (2011). Women and leadership in West Africa: Mothering the nation and humanizing the state. Springer. Uschi Schreiber (2013) Worldwide Index of Women as Public Sector Leaders Opening doors for women working in government retrieved from www.ey.com Interview questions What is your age? What is your level of education? What is your marital status? How many management training have you attended in last 4 years? Why have you not attended any training? Do you have any mentor(s) at your workplace? Does lack of mentoring affect execution of your duties at work? Are there regular promotions for women at your workplace? Yes No If no what is the reason? If yes how often do this happen? Do family responsibilities affect your work? If yes how does it affect your work? [...]
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Subject Area: Management
Document Type: Case Study