Abstract
This paper analyses the professional status of women within female concentrated industries. Based on a mixed study where quantitative and qualitative data were collected from two industries located in Yaounde, the paper affirms that even within industries where women constitute the majority of employees, they are marginalised. Three aspects of the professional status of women within these companies reveal this marginalisation. Firstly, women occupy a number of professions that is lower than the number of professions where men are present. Secondly, women are recruited in less skilled jobs. Thirdly, women are less represented in management positions. This marginalisation of women within a female bastion is socially constructed within the company by considering gender as a criterion during recruitment and by having a policy that favour men entrance within traditional female sectors.
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