This research focuses on the experiences of women, as regards their opportunities for advancing to executive positions within the Curaçao community and its organisations. The term ´glass ceiling´ has a central place in this. To begin, the research backgrounds will be stated, after which the goals will be summarized. Next, the research question and the sub-questions are formulated, and will make clear that opportunities and barriers are central concepts. These concepts will be defined and related to the central question. The labour supply (or lifestyle availability) model is used to describe and arrange the main concepts in the data. Using notions from this model, the connections between the aspects, sub-aspects and criteria of the central question will be displayed. When combined with the individual variables in background, these show the workings of the glass ceiling in the Curaçao job market. Following this, the onion diagram shall show in a simple fashion the interweaving of the separate aspects and sub-aspects that maintain the glass ceiling on Curaçao. After that a methodological justification for the research will be given. The research territory will be explored, the central question will be discussed and the analysis model presented. Lastly, the reading guide shows how this book is organised and which subjects and themes are discussed in its chapters.