the presence of women in the tourism sector in galicia

Observing the executive team of any Galician company, we probably will find a small female presence. Even having years of efforts to change that reality, it is still perceived that most of the business leadership is in the hands of men. Although we can agree that it would be possible that more women reach high hierarchical positions, we have to assume that this change is slow and need bold actions and it should not be necessary wait until that the representation of females in positions of command be so considerable equated to male representation. The gender system, consisting of the values, norms, meanings, roles, stereotypes, sanctions..., generates in a hierarchical social organization, in which the positions of power are occupied mostly by men. Thus, although we already an approach to the subject in studies on the role played by women in tourism, most of them deal specifically a part of the sector. Therefore, it becomes interesting to investigate in more general terms the whole sector, not forgetting the importance of knowing data which allow to perform a comparison between professional training and empowerment in management.