Challenging Norms:A Global Analysis of Gender at WorkKey FindingsFormerly CTILead Sponsor Baker TillySponsors Bristol Myers SquibbCredit SuisseCushman & WakefieldEYIntel CorporationJohnson & JohnsonL'Oréal USAMorgan StanleyThe Walt Disney CompanyA brief guide to terminologyPlease refer to the report for full-length definitions of each term.Sexual orientationSexual orientation refers to emotional, romantic, or sexual feelings toward other people or no people.1LGB+ refers to those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, plus other sexual orientations that are not heterosexual (including pansexual, demisexual, etc.). SexSex categorizes people according to biological characteristics, such as anatomy, hormones, and chromosomes. At birth, most babies are assigned as either male or female, but there are many biological sex variations within the human species. GenderGender refers to a socially constructed set of norms associated with being a girl, boy, woman, man, or something else. Gender norms vary by society and can shift over time. Gender binary is a term we are using to refer to the global tendency to think of gender as two distinct, fixed, and opposing categories: male, men, and masculinity; and female, women, and femininity. Gender identity is an individual’s deeply felt ex perience of gender. Gender identity categories can be binary (e.g., man, woman), nonbinary (e.g., genderqueer, genderfluid), and ungendered (e.g., agender, genderless).2 A person’s gender identity can change over time.Transgender is an adjective that describes indi-viduals whose gender identities or expressions differ from the sexes they were assigned at birth. Gender expression describes the way a person presents their gender identity to the world through behavior, style of dress, name, personal pronouns, and beyond. Cisgender is an adjective that describes a person whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth.Gender diverse is a term used to describe a wide range of gender identities and expressions that may not follow the gender binary framework or do not conform to traditional norms and stereotypes.p/2CoqualCoqualp/3IntroductionIn the nearly two decades since Coqual began conducting research on gender inequities in the workplace, our numerous reports have charted how challenging it is for women to find equal footing. While some things have certainly changed for the better, data in this report helps make sense of the persistent patterns of inequity that are still present all across the world. We critically explore the gender workplace climate in Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States—countries that share a common thread of gender inequity, but differ in their contextual nuances. We found improvements in some areas: women have increased their presence in the workforce in many of the countries ...
