Women's career progression to management positions in Jordan's health sector.

Purpose: This study aims to identify and explore experiences, perspectives, barriers and enablers to women's career progression to management positions in the health-care sector and to assess women's and men's perceptions of the policies and practices of the health-care system concerning gender equality and nondiscrimination between women and men.

Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among health-care professionals in ten selected hospitals, including physicians, registered nurses/midwives and pharmacists with or without managerial positions.

Findings: This study included a total of 2,082 female and 1,100 male health-care professionals.