Gender equality in corporate leadership: Western & Central Asia 2025

This review of 854 Western and Central Asian companies grouped by primary listing venue, provides exchanges, regulators and policy makers with the state of gender equality in the leadership positions of companies listed on their markets.

This UN SSE Market Monitor, prepared with IFC and in strategic collaboration with UN Women, is part of an annual series launched in 2021. This benchmarking series examines companies grouped by primary listing venue to provide exchanges, regulators and policy makers with the state of gender equality in the leadership positions of companies listed on their markets.

Key insights include:

• Women hold 12% of board seats on average across the eleven Western and Central Asian exchanges analyzed, with progress concentrated in a small number of exchanges.
• Women's representation at senior executive roles remains limited, at 7% of CEOs and 3% of chairs, with several markets reporting no women chairs.
• Women hold 12% of board seats on average across the eleven Western and Central Asian exchanges analyzed, with progress concentrated in a small number of exchanges

Read the full report here.