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International survey by the tw tagungswirtschaft
and the IMEX Group
On International Women's Day, 8 March 2017, the German events
industry magazines tw tagungswirtschaft and the m + a report
launched a survey in conjunction with the IMEX Group asking "Women
in the Events Industry – equal partners or assistants?" The
survey was aimed at women in the international events sector
worldwide and carried out in both German and English.
The survey aimed at establishing where the international events
industry stands in terms of equality, career opportunities and
work-life balance. The project had already gathered huge
positive support before it was launched as a large number of
different German and international industry associations and
partner organisations of the IMEX Group had called on their
members to participate.
Revealing insights
The extremely high-level of participation in the survey exceeded
all expectations. Within three weeks, 3,059 women opened the
link to the survey, of whom almost one third (909) gave answers
to the questions: 578 responded in German, 331 in English. 628
were from Europe, of whom 473 were from Germany, 35 from Austria,
28 from Great Britain, 19 from Belgium, 11 from Italy and 62
from other European countries; 150 respondents live in North
America, ten in Asia, seven in Africa, two in South America and
one in Australia. This high response rate suggests that the
survey addressed an important topic at the right time.
The results were highly revealing and striking: in particular
that 66 percent of women in the events sector love being part of
the industry. However, only three out of ten women said they
felt equal in terms of salary and six in ten women do not
believe they have the same career prospects as their male
counterparts.
Further survey results can be found in the IMEX issue of the tw
tagungswirtschaft 2/2017 here and will be presented at IMEX in
Frankfurt 2017 on Wednesday 17 May at 1100 at the
Research Pod on the Inspiration Hub.
Women's networking at the first Pink Hour @IMEX
All women in the events industry are cordially invited to the
first Pink Hour @ IMEX on Wednesday, 17 May, 2017, at 1600 hours
at the tw-stand G180. IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer and tw
editor-in-chief Kerstin Wünsch will be present and are looking
forward to exchanging ideas with anyone who comes along.
Everyone who wears a fun pink accessory will be particularly
welcome.
Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group, is very pleased with
the level of participation and comments: "We were very impressed
by the great feedback from many of our partners before the
survey opened as well as the actual level of response. This
suggests that we have asked about the right subject at the right
time. The results give a clear picture of the current state of
the industry - and we will now continue to monitor this topic in
future. We are delighted to be able to give a voice to all women
in the global events industry."
Kerstin Wünsch, editor-in-chief of tw tagungswirtschaft,
confirms: "The high level of participation is very pleasing, and
we’d like to thank all the women who took part for their
contributions. We see the response to our survey as a brief to
pursue the topic together - especially as the survey reveals
that there is a great deal of work to be done in achieving equal
treatment in the workplace."
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