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Female managers are the majority in the public sector. Stock Photography.
The proportion of women in senior positions has increased markedly in the public sector over the last ten years or so.
It shows figures for the municipalities and regions of Sweden (SKR) and Statistics Sweden, reports Swedish radio Ekot.
Women now make up nearly three-quarters of everyone in a leadership position, according to SKR. In the regions and municipalities, women are also the majority among lawyers, economists and researchers.
– There is no doubt that it is because women dominate in higher education, says Patrik Hall, to Ekot.
It is not new that women dominate the public sector, but the proportion of women in senior positions has risen considerably in recent years. The number of managers in the country’s municipalities and regions has increased in total during these years, but between 2008 and 2019, the number of female managers increased by 43 percent, while the number of male managers only increased by nine percent. hundred.
– Communications directors and human resources directors are often women, Patrik Hall, professor of political science at the University of Malmö, told radio.
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