International Women’s Day 2023
Thank you to WiS Chair, Claudine Chen-Young and Vice-Chair, Cara Newman for their continuous contributions as leaders in the industry and for their steadfast commitment to the advancement of women in finance.
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The Share of Women Running Global 500 Companies Falls to Just 5.6%
Women run 5.6% of businesses on this year's Global 500—down from 5.8% this time a year ago. In total, female CEOs lead just 28 out of 500 companies on the list of the world's largest businesses...
Read MoreFemale Representation in Senior Leadership Is Stagnating. Here’s What HR Can Do About It
The global gender gap, a measure of gender inequality published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF), narrowed slightly in 2024 to 68.5%, just 0.1 percentage-point higher than the previous year. The score is an aggregate measure...
Read MoreMore Women Are Working Than Ever. But They’re Doing Two Jobs.
More women than ever have entered the American workforce. Heavy demand for employees combined with more opportunities for remote work and a surge in female entrepreneurs are sending a flood of women into the labor...
Read MoreAmerican Mothers Re-Enter the Workforce at High Rates
Anne Louis quit her job in 2019 shortly after the birth of her son, who is autistic and has a tracheotomy, to give herself more time to co-ordinate his medical care. But after the Covid-19...
Read MoreGlobal Gender Gap Report 2023
Recent years have been marked by major setbacks for gender parity globally, with previous progress disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on women and girls in education and the workforce, followed by economic and geopolitical...
Read MoreFemale Leaders Not Likely to Recommend Their Own Company
The barriers to advancement that women face in the workplace have been well-documented. However, a new report by Linkage, a women's leadership development firm acquired by SHRM, revealed that many organizations aren't listening to or...
Read MoreNew Research Reveals the 30 Critiques Holding Women Back From Leadership that Most Men Will Never Hear
A recent study of the 33 biggest multilateral institutions found that of 382 leaders in their history, only 47 have been women. And the percentage of women running Fortune 500 companies has only just recently...
Read MoreSallie Krawcheck’s Advice for Women Investing at Any Age: ‘Don’t Be Defeated’
There’s an insidious trick played by our society, and Wall Street pioneer Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck is determined to expose it. “They make us believe that it’s cute and fun and flirty to be bad...
Read MoreHow to Root Out Workplace Toxicity for Women
It may be Women’s History Month, but women are not feeling the appreciation — at least not in the workplace. According to mid-March findings released by MIT Sloan Management Review, women are 41% more likely...
Read MoreHow Can Employers Prevent the Outpouring of Female Talent?
For women in the workplace, it’s becoming clear that the post-pandemic era offers good news and bad news. After suffering disproportionately high job losses at the height of Covid, data from the US’s National Women’s...
Read More‘Very rarely is it as good as it seems’: Black Women in Leadership Are Finding Themselves on the ‘Glass Cliff’
Kyra Kyles recalls the time early in her career when an abrupt staffing change at her communications job caused managers to look to her to fill a leadership role. Kyles said she knew she could...
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