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AGENDA Annual Conference 2012 external rev March 30

AGENDA: NCRW Annual Conference 2012 - Agenda-Setting Nationally and Globally: Leveraging Women's...
30 Leaders Who Are Changing the Way the World Looks at Women

On our 30th Anniversary we are recognizing 30 stellar women from diverse corners of our broad...
ACTION BRIEF: The Gender Equality Project
ACTION BRIEF: WOMEN AND MONEY
The Female Vision: Women's Real Power at Work

At an NCRW expert panel on September 29, 2010 at American Express, authors Sally Helgesen and Julie...

Reports & Publications

Women in Fund Management: A Road Map for Achieving Critical Mass — and Why it Matters

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:19am

MISSING Information About Women's Lives

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am

Member Organizations

American University

Women & Politics Institute

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Center for American Women & Politics

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ
Center for Ethics in Action

University of New England

Portland, ME
Center for Women in Government & Civil Society

University at Albany, SUNY

Albany, NY
Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy

University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA
Institute for Women & Work

Cornell University

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Resources

Critical Mass: Does the Number of Women on a Corporate Board Make a Difference?

A study on women corporate board members that demonstrate the importance of numbers in how women...
Increasing Your Effectiveness

Non-profit offering services and information to help organizations and individuals increase...
Advancing Women Leaders: The Connection Between Women Board Directors and Women Corporate Officers

This research shows that the number of women on a company’s board of directors impacts the...
2008 Eurofirms Women in PwC Annual Report: Diversity in Action

Launched in 2003, the Eurofirms Women in the PwC Network brings together women and men in...
Top Women Tip the Scales

Evidence of a link between the bottom line and women at the top is growing, with McKinsey...

Blog Posts

NCRW Blog - April 12, 2013

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In the last month, women in the running for political offices across the country have taken a twirl, willingly or not, with the legacy of the Supreme...

Women 2012: Good News on Health and Education Bad News on Pay and Clout

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By Natasha Cline-Thomas*Each year, NCRW hosts an expert roundtable on the afternoon of its Awards Dinner. This year’s program Women 2012:...

An Unforgettable Celebration with Stellar Women Leaders

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By Natasha Cline-Thomas*

Stellar Honorees -- NCRW Celebrates 30th Anniversary March 6th

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At a stellar gathering of leaders from business, philanthropy, government, and non-profits, the National Council for Research on Women will kick off...

Having It All But Remaining True to Oneself

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By Linda Basch, PhD* This morning, I had the opportunity to hear Véronique Morali, President of the Global Women’s Forum at...

Member Experts

Deborah Frett

Deborah L. Frett joined the Business and Professional Women's Foundation (BPW) as CEO in May 2005 after more than 30 years of providing strategic...

Deborah Hopkins

Deborah Hopkins is Chairman of Venture Capital Initiatives and Chief Innovation Officer at Citi. Recognized for her leadership in driving client-...

Deborah A. Freund

Professor Deborah A. Freund is the 15th President of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and is an internationally known health economist and...

Anne Erni

Anne Erni is an innovative leader who is Global Head of Leadership, Learning and Diversity at Bloomberg where she manages global initiatives and...

Tiffany Dufu

Ever since she accepted the Girl of the Year Award in eighth grade, Tiffany Dufu knew that she wanted to make a profound impact. Raised in the...

Penny Abeywardena

Penny leads the Clinton Global Initiative’s Girls and Women program and is Associate Director, Commitments. She is responsible for the...

Leslie Wolfe

Dr. Leslie R. Wolfe is President of the Center for Women Policy Studies, the Nation’s first feminist policy institute, founded in 1972. The...

Radhika Balakrishnan

Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, has a Ph.D. in...

Pamela Shifman

Since May 2008, Pamela Shifman has served as the Director of Initiatives for Women and Girls at the NoVo Foundation, where she directs its work on...

News

Only one woman among 100 highest paid CEOs in Canada

January 3, 2012

Only one woman, Nancy Southern, who heads a Calgary-based energy and utilities firm, ranks among the highest paid 100 chief executive officers at publicly traded companies in Canada.
Why women abandon the C suite — and how to get them back

January 1, 2012

Although women have made much progress in reaching the leadership levels of business, such progress is disappointing and stalled. Why is this such a stubborn issue? Why aren’t more women making it to (and staying at) the top?...
Does Your Female Boss Really Have Your Back?

December 26, 2011

Barbara and Shannon Kelley critique a Swedish study, from the Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) and the Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS) at Uppsala University, that suggests that women managers are no more likely to...
Three reasons women start fewer businesses than men

December 16, 2011

Despite their comparatively higher educational attainment and wealth, Western women were far less likely to start a businesses than women in emerging economies, in part because stronger private sectors in developed nations make the temptation to...
Brazil Women More Ambitious Than U.S. Counterparts, Study Shows

December 15, 2011

Brazilian women are more ambitious than their U.S. counterparts and aim to attain top jobs, a report by the Center for Work-Life Policy shows.

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