Women continue to be underrepresented when it comes to leadership in the international development sector. Research published last year by Quantum Impact highlighted how women still miss out on these roles — 20% of organizations failed to have a single woman serving on their leadership teams.
The same research showed that 80% of these organizations did not have a representative number of people of color on their leadership team and more than half had no leaders of color at all.
Devex takes a look at some of the additional barriers and biases that prevent women of color landing leadership roles in global development.