Women's & Girls' Leadership

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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: WOMEN AND MONEY
Building a Pipeline to Women's Leadership

NCRW held an expert panel on February 28, 2011 at American Express with senior leaders from...
Making a Difference for Women Awards 2012 Save the Date

Making a Difference for Women Awardees 2012

Reports & Publications

WOMEN GO GLOBAL CD-ROM

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:31am

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Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am

THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am

Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am

MISSING Information About Women's Lives

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:25am

Member Organizations

Center for Entrepreneurial Women’s Leadership

Babson College

Babson Park, MA
Center for the Study of Women in Society

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR
New York University

Women of Color Policy Network

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Women's eNews

New York, NY
Women's Research & Resource Center

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

Resources

Women's Leadership Fund

The fund will invest in companies demonstrating ‘best practices’ with regard to...
20-first.com: Building Gender Balanced Businesses

Organization that takes a very international approach to work with others to move from 20th...
Why Gender Balance Matters More Than Ever

OECD projections suggest that in just eleven years, seven out of ten graduates will be women in...
Holding Women Back, 2008-2009

This special report from DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast 2008/2009 is a bi-annual study...
Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Governance and Performance

We show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes. In a...

Blog Posts

Going beyond Women’s Ambition: Diversifying Corporate Leadership from All Angles

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*By Áine Duggan*In his recent LinkedIn post, PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) Bob Moritz, Chairman and Senior Partner, shares steps...

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...

Essence Music Festival: "Gains, Challenges, and Opportunities"

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Investing with a Gender Lens: How We Can Use Our Dollars to Drive Positive Change

Kyla Bender-Baird

We at the National Council for Research on Women were excited to participate in the Women Funding Network’s webinar “Investing with a...

Member Experts

Clyda Rent

Clyda S. Rent, Ph.D. is recognized as a successful leader, speaker, strategic planner, executive coach, and marketer. She played primary roles in the...

Lorna Edmundson

Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, Ed.D., President Emerita of Wilson College, is recognized as an effective leader, fundraiser, and facilitator of...

Deborah Hopkins

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

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...

News

Catalyst Proposes 25% Women on FP500 Boards by 2017

March 8, 2012

In a bold move that could transform the composition of Canada’s corporate boardrooms, Catalyst issues a call to action for Canadian corporations to increase the overall proportion of FP500 board seats held by women to 25 percent by 2017....
Sounds crazy, but this could be year of the woman

March 7, 2012

2012 may be another "year of the woman."
E.U. Considers Quotas for Women in Boardrooms

March 7, 2012

Frustrated that her previous efforts to get more women into the top echelons of European business have not yielded stronger results, Viviane Reding, the senior justice official in the European Union, was to announce a new effort Monday that...
Women and the Leadership Gap

March 6, 2012

It’s been almost a half-century since the modern women’s movement began. So why aren’t more women in positions of power? Leslie Bennetts reports.
Quotas Possible To Get More Women On Boards

March 6, 2012

The European Commission has moved one step closer to imposing quotas on companies to increase the number of women in boardrooms.

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NCRW is a network of leading university and community based research, policy, and advocacy centers with a growing global reach dedicated to advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls. We also have a Corporate Circle comprised of senior diversity professionals from leading U.S. and global member companies and a Presidents Circle of college and university leaders who share our commitment. NCRW harnesses the collective power of its network to provide knowledge, analysis, and thought leadership on issues ranging from reducing women’s poverty to building a critical mass of women’s leadership across sectors.

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