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Section head
Changing perceptions from 2005 to 2010
Sadly there has been little change in women’s perceptions of the barriers since this survey was last conducted in 2005[1]. Women are more likely to see successful female role models than in 2005 but balancing work and family seems to have become more significant a barrier in the last five years.
There has been little change in men’s views either :
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Barriers to Progression: differences between the public and private sectors
There is very little difference between the perceptions of women in the private and public sector with the exception of role models and mentoring. Women in the public sector are less likely to see the lack of role models as a barrier that their private sector colleagues but more likely to view the lack of mentors as an issue.
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