Calls for more women in senior roles

WOMEN account for less than 10 per cent of Australia's senior managers and companies must do more to address this inequality, business leaders say.

A new report, Guidelines for Gender Balance Performing and Reporting Australia, was launched on Wednesday to advise businesses on how to achieve a cultural change in gender equality.

Women on Boards executive director Claire Braun says, despite some modest improvements, there remain startling inequities in senior level management.

"While there has been some progress addressing gender imbalance at a board level in the ASX200, the same cannot be said for women in senior management roles," she said.

"In fact, less than one in 10 key management personnel in the ASX500 are women."

Launching the report, professional company director Graham Bradley said he hoped it would cause companies to pay more attention to gender imbalance.

"I do not believe that enough is being done by enough Australian businesses to advance women into leadership positions.

"Nearly 60 per cent of key middle management companies do not have any key female personnel. I think this must change," he said.

The report calls for a higher level of reporting and accountability from within Australian businesses, as well as pay equity and flexible work practices for women.

Judith Fox, from Chartered Secretaries of Australia, said the report's guidelines should help companies better understand how to address workplace inequality.

"Many companies struggle to value what they can't measure and these guidelines will help them understand this data," she said.

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