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

The State of Women of Color in the United States

Issue brief from the Center for American Progress:
This issue brief examines the state of...
Women in Federal and State-Level Judgeships

A Report by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, Rockefeller College of...
Women Matter

Since 2007, McKinsey’s Women Matter research has explored the role...
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific

Report from the World Bank.
Study of Rabbinic Compensation by Gender

This Study of Rabbinic Compensation by Gender is undertaken by the Central Conference of...

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 in finance: 'Don't assume we're all warm and caring'

November 14, 2011

Article discusses the lack of women in executive positions but warns against conversation about the merits of employing women because of the perceived benefits that their gender might bring
Why Mentoring Is Not an Option at IBM

November 9, 2011

Mentoring isn’t an option at IBM (No. 7 in The 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity). It’s a heavily weighted performance metric that is critical to the company’s talent pipeline, especially when it comes to senior...
Wall Street needs women, younger clients to compete: Krawcheck

November 9, 2011

Sallie Krawcheck, the former head of Bank of America's wealth management unit, says Wall Street must raise its appeal to the next generation of investors and female professionals to remain competitive in the wealth management industry....
Balancing extreme careers and home life

November 9, 2011

Ever wonder what’s on the other side of the cubicle? While many of us toil away at our computers, some American workers have jobs that involve travel, adventure and even danger. These jobs, intoxicating for the people who hold them, are...
Despite Combat Ban, More Women Are Fighting and Dying in America's Wars

November 8, 2011

The United States formally bars women from ground combat--a prohibition in place for decades because the Pentagon believed that they lacked the requisite physical strength and that Americans weren't ready to see female troops come home in coffins. But...

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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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