Throughout the history, women have fought for their just position in the society. Women have successfully obtained their rights, but there is still a disparity between the number of women and men when it comes to management positions. Numerous stereotypes and social behavior patterns continue to greatly affect the advancement of women in the business world. This was once again confirmed in Croatia in the research conducted by the Gender Equality Ombudsperson. The aim of this paper is to present the issues of gender disparity among men and women in managerial positions in Croatia. Key terms and concepts related to this topic will be presented in the theoretical framework, as well as the situations that a woman faces while trying to get promoted to a leadership position. The empirical part deals with a survey which attempted to find out the opinion of women and their views on opportunities to increase the number of women in managerial positions in Croatia. The survey also questions how involved women are in the process of increasing the number of women in managerial positions. Examples of good practice are presented, such as Women in Adria,Women's Business Base, Women's Empowerment Forum and the like. The survey confirmed the research of Gender Equality Ombudsman: unfortunately, women are still far less represented in managerial positions in Croatia than men. Respondents believe that the state should have more measures to reduce this disparity. They also believe that similar research has to be conducted more often in order to monitor changes happening in the aforementioned area.