A wide survey by the World Economic Fórum (WEF)shows that the average number of women holding the CEO level position in Brazil is high – 11% – if compared with more advanced countries, like Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, which have no female CEOs among the 600 responding companies. “The Corporate Gender Gap – 2010”, just released by the WEF, also shows that Brazil is not low in the ranking when it comes to number of women who work in the country: 34,76.%. The country, however, has its downturns. Of those surveyed, the countries in which the lowest number of companies offer parental leave were Mexico (18%), Brazil (33%) and India (54%). Almost all countries are implementing some form of affirmative policies. In the United Kingdom and the United States, all companies that completed the survey affirmed that they have established such measures (quotas, targets and/or other affirmative policies). On the other end of the scale lies Brazil, with 0%. In its introduction, the report says: “The Global Gender Gap confirm the correlation between gender equality and the level of development of countries, this providing support to the theory that empowering women leads to a more efficient use of a nation´s human talents.