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

Effective_Philanthropy

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

Unlocking the full potential of women at work

Since 2007, McKinsey has been researching intensively the advancement of women in the workplace...
It's a Man's (Celluloid) World: On-screen Representations of Female Characters in the Top 100 Films of 2011 (Executive Summary)

In 2011, females remained dramatically under-represented as characters in film when...
Women and Men in Canadian Capital Markets: An Action Plan for Gender Diversity

Despite more than a decade of concerted advocacy and good intentions by the industry, women...
Is Board Diversity Important for Firm Performance and Board Independence?: An exploratory study of Singapore Listed Company

Following the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the spate of corporate frauds and accounting...
Women Senior Management Appointments: CEW & Dun & Bradstreet Data: May 2012

A survey of Australian CEOs from Dun and Bradstreet and Chief Executive Women (CEW).
The...

Blog Posts

From the Women's Media Center: The Ground We Stand On

Kyla Bender-Baird

Earlier this month, the Women's Media Center featured an excellent "exclusive" written by Kenyan feminist and scholar Achola O. Pala....

Questioning Success at NCRW's Corporate Leadership Summit

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By Jacqueline Mumbey*Last week, NCRW held a two-day corporate leadership summit (April 27-28) at Time Warner. It was an inspiring series of...

NCRW 2010 Making a Difference for Women Awards Dinner Videos Now Up!

Kyla Bender-Baird

Watch remarks from Kiran Chetry, Eve Ensler, and Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues:Click here to view more videos.

WOMEN’S EQUALITY FORUM: Steps to Political Equality from Gloria Thomas

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By Gloria Thomas*Women will not have achieved political equality until critical societal changes have taken place. First, women’s successes in...

Change was promised, Change has come

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May 27, 2009 posted by Linda Basch After nearly a month of anticipation, President Obama has finally announced his nomination for Supreme Court...

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

After Palin fiasco, will Romney risk a woman VP?

July 9, 2012

Will Mitt Romney choose a woman as his Vice Presidential running mate?
Shut Up, Sheryl Sandberg: Millennial Women Reject Role Models, Mentors

July 5, 2012

Millennials don't want to follow in older women's footsteps.
Gender still a barrier to success, say hedge fund women

July 5, 2012

Women in hedge funds still feel as though their male colleagues view them as women first, professionals second.
Women less likely to endorse independence in gender-unequal societies

July 5, 2012

A study of 54 countries finds that women in countries with great gender inequality are more likely than men to support authoritarian values.
Women can save the economy

June 28, 2012

Former Bank of America Wealth Management president Sallie Krawcheck argues that women are exactly what banks need.

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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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