It may seem strange to ask — at a time when women account for almost 40 percent of all managerial positions, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — why so few women have made it to the very highest levels of corporations. Yet after decades of progress, the percentage of women in top management positions remains under 9 percent. And in professional positions for example, chief financial officer where women have done relatively well, the percentage of woman has actually declined in recent years, falling to 12.8 percent in 2011 from a high of 14.2 percent in 2004.
via Columbia Ideas at Work : Feature.
