Category Archives: WiS

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Constructive feedback is essential for anyone’s growth. But as a manager, it can be challenging to strike a fair, consistent balance between being candid and considerate when giving that feedback to different team members. Specifically,...

On the same day the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, stepped down saying she “no longer had enough in the tank to do the job justice”, women leaders met in Davos to discuss...