Introduction

Many of the constraints which often hinder women in attaining senior managerial positions are quite similar in most countries. Career breaks for women managers for child-bearing and child-rearing show incompatibilities with the job of management, which is presumed to be a full-time and continuous job. Networking and mentoring suggest some similarities. Both mentor and peer relationships can facilitate career and personal development. Networking can be useful at all stages in career development, while mentors are particularly useful at the early stages of career development. Sexual harassment is the term given to unwanted sexual attention, requests for sexual favours, and other conduct of a sexual nature, expressed or implied It may consist of physical gestures or touching, it may be verbal, including sexual innuendoes and jokes. Female managers face more overt and covert barriers to career advancement than their male counterparts.