The Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) and the Deloitte consulting company on Thursday published results of their survey called "Women in the Business World" which showed that it is still more difficult for women to get a promotion, nevertheless, the number of women at managing positions was growing slowly but steadily.

The survey was conducted over the last three months of 2018 on a sample of 186 respondents at managing positions of whom 117 are women.

“We didn’t really go through the Copernican Revolution over the last five years. Nothing major has changed,” said Helena Schmidt, a partner in Deloitte’s tax advisory department and head of SheXo club, comparing the results with those from the last survey, conducted in 2013.

The survey shows that the number of women at managing positions was growing slowly but steadily. Currently, 5.3% of CEOs in state-owned companies are women, while the number of women at managing positions in companies listed at the Zagreb Stock Exchange is growing, but it is still below 19%.

The respondents believe there are still obstacles preventing women from being professionally promoted.

There are not enough women entering into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and most managerial jobs are still filled by men.

A total of 88% of the respondents do not agree that raising a family, being a mother and a CEO do not go well together, while 36% agree that women are usually considered inferior members of management boards.