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Technical Note

A Note on Progression of Women Managers in NGO's

Sikander Shah

INDUSTRY : NGO

AREA : Gender

ORGANIZATION : Seed

LENGTH : 9

LUMS No : 17-005-2005-2

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2005

KEYWORDS:

Women Managers,NGO's,Progression,Gender Equality,Women Empowerement,Developmental Progress,Opportunities,Career Growth,Female Employees

DESCRIPTION:

In the 1990s, with an exponential increase in the number of non-government organizations in the developing world, NGOs were acclaimed as the new bandwagon of development. Though an extensive body of critical literature is now available which assesses and questions the role of NGOs as the main executors of a developmentalist agenda, little has been written on the institutional and governing structures of these NGOs. These NGOs form a sizeable and growing employer of the educated population in the developing world. Consequently, it is important to analyze them, particularly in terms of the employment and career progression opportunities that they provide for women in developing countries. Given the ideological drive and interest most NGOs have in including women in the development process, as well as positively impacting them through it, it becomes crucial for NGOs to provide a welcoming space for women in which they can work and progress professionally. This paper aims to typologize by size the different organizational structures within the NGO sector and to assess their impact upon female employees. The first part of the paper illustrates large, medium and small NGOs. It then moves on to assess how each structure affects the career progression of women, and the possible synergistic relations between NGO size and career progression. Based on this analysis, the last part of the paper offers recommendations to improve the organization structure to further benefit female employees. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

N/A

SUBJECTS COVERED:

Gender