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

Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive

A new approach to leadership can help women become more self-confident and effective business...
Examining the Cracks in the Ceiling: A Survey of Corporate Diversity Practices in the Calvert Social Index

Calvert’s recent Diversity Survey, Examining Cracks in the Ceiling, demonstrates that even...
‘Girl Power’: Female Participation in Top Management and Firm Performance

Scholars and practitioners have long argued that females exhibit a distinctive and particularly...
The Power of Women: Women's Impact on Corporate Performance

In the past few decades, women have made great strides in their involvement in economic activity...
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...

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

Women and Education: Making Inequity Visible

March 6, 2012

Kathy Krendl, President of Otterbein University, argues that today's woman is not only faced with many barriers -- fewer educational opportunities, lower wage prospects, higher unemployment numbers -- but is also faced with a tangible lack of...
How NPR Became a Hotbed for Female Journalists

March 5, 2012

You’re familiar with the stereotype: humorless, ever so slightly imperious, Birkenstock-wearing brown-rice enthusiasts. These are the women of ...
More women seeking MBAs, but pay gap persists

March 5, 2012

The number of women looking to attend business school hit a record high last year, but that doesn’t mean they’ll find an equitable workplace when they get out.
Why Your Next Board Member Should Be A Woman

February 24, 2012

Aileen Lee argues that by adding new blood to the boardroom, companies get a four-fer, or more: 1) gender diversity, and in most cases, age diversity around the table; 2) better understanding of core customers; 3) Social-Mobile-Local...
An Upside to the ‘Angry Black Woman’ Stereotype?

February 17, 2012

For centuries, the angry black female has been a pervasive stereotype in the United States.

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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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