for example in poland more than of middle managers are women women s share in top management positions in the public service exceeds in canada the representation of women at the middle management levels ex minus and ex minus is gradually increasing with women constituting at the ex minus and at the ex minus levels in treasury board of canada secretariat in australia where seven out of ten federal and state parliamentarians are men and this has not changed in the last ten years the situation in the public service is improving the proportion of women in senior and middlemanager roles has grown from in to in australian bureau of statistics january