ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Gender equality in MBA programs in Latin America. It shows the existing gender disparity in MBA program enrolment in Latin America. The chapter determines some possible causes for the difference in the number of female MBA students: women caregiver responsibilities, professional and personal identity reconfiguration and gender stereotypes are identified as causes that hinder the possibility of women enrolling in MBA programs. It suggests possible curricula and modality arrangements that might help overcome the disparity. Largest gains in enrolment have occurred in North America and Western Europe, in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Central and Eastern Europe—three areas where males also made lesser but still substantial gains. Reasons for low female enrolment in MBAs in Latin America run along similar lines, with the first two—work–life balance, with the identity issues that this brings with it, and gender stereotyping—standing out as being particularly significant.
