The topic of this thesis is „Proctection of women's rights and their management positions”. In this thesis we have defined the role of women, which has changed during the years from the traditional, patriarchal society when a woman was just supposed to take care of the household and her education and career was completely neglected, to the modern society where a woman can both take care of the family and have a career. We have analysed the women's participation in management, the features that women managers need to have and the development of their position in managment over the years in the Republic of Croatia, the European Union and the world in general. We have pointed out the problem of discrimination of women in the labour market, especially pregnant women and mothers with young children. In the practical part of this thesis we have analysed the surveys conducted by Women human rights denender about the women's presence in leading management positions in the Republic of Croatia. The first survey was conducted on the sample of 500 companies , the second one was conducted on the sample of 100 companies, finally those results were compared and analysed.