Inclusion

Women in the Boardroom 2008: Annual Study of Georgia Public Companies

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 5:13pm

For sixteen years, BDN has been gathering data for this annual study to measure the representation of women in the boardrooms of public companies with headquarters based in Georgia.
 

URL: 
http://boarddirectorsnetwork.org/docs/2008_study.pdf

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

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:38pm

A study on women corporate board members that demonstrate the importance of numbers in how women leaders view themselves and how others view them.
 

URL: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=KlfsSp9XcFsC&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=%22Critical+Mass:+Does+the+Number+of+Women+on+a+Corporate+Board+Make+a+Difference%3F%22&source=bl&ots=wI30hErNVw&sig=c8RNwWQJtLkB75yAeWedopRxhak&hl=en&ei=KrlxSqDuNoOHtgeDt6SNBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=%22Critical%20Mass%3A%20Does%20the%20Number%20of%20Women%20on%20a%20Corporate%20Board%20Make%20a%20Difference%3F%22&f=false

Top Women Tip the Scales

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:24pm

Evidence of a link between the bottom line and women at the top is growing, with McKinsey research showing better-than-average financial performance by European companies with the highest performance of women in influential leadership roles. The report, launched at the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society in Deauville, France, finds these companies do better than their sector in terms of return on equity, operating result, and shared price growth.
 

URL: 
http://www.mckinsey.com/locations/paris/home/womenmatter/pdfs/Press_Clipping_Women.pdf

Women Matter: Gender Diversity, a Corporate Performance Driver

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:55pm

A study that shows with a higher proportion of women in top management, a company may perform better.
 

URL: 
http://www.mckinsey.com/locations/swiss/news_publications/pdf/women_matter_english.pdf

The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools and Societies

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:44pm

The Difference reveals that progress and innovation may depend less on lone thinkers with enormous IQs than on diverse people working together and capitalizing on their individuality. Page shows how groups that display a range of perspectives outperform groups of like-minded experts.
 

URL: 
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8353.html

2007 Michigan Women’s Leadership Index

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:34pm

The Michigan Women’s Leadership Index (WLI) is a data-based instrument used to measure the presence of women executives in the highest leadership positions of the top 100 publicly-held companies headquartered in Michigan (Index 100). Research shows that women directors’ and women executives’ presence and advancement are independent of one another, and that there is more hope for increasing the number of women executives than increasing the number of women board members.
 

Passport to Equality

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:17pm

The Passport to Equality is a document that presents, explains, and reproduces the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in the form of a personal passport.
 

URL: 
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001475/147507e.pdf

Critical Mass on Corporate Boards: Why Three or More Women Enhance Governance

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:53pm

Does it matter to corporate governance whether women serve on a board? If so, does it make a difference how many women serve? Is there a critical mass that can bring significant change to the boardroom and improve corporate governance?

URL: 
http://www.wcwonline.org/pdf/CriticalMassExecSummary.pdf
Member Organization: 
Wellesley Centers for Women

Expert Profile

Location: 
United States
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Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Manager, is providing the Council with a wide range of research and communications support. She received a BA in Sociology from Principia College and an MS in Women’s Studies from Towson University. Her thesis focused on transgender experiences of employment discrimination. During her time at Towson University, Kyla was a graduate assistant with the Institute for Teaching and Research on Women. On completion of her master’s degree, Kyla served as a Vaid Fellow with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Kyla first joined the Council as a research consultant for The Big Five initiative. She has interned previously with Planned Parenthood and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition.

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United States
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Clinton Speaks on Women and Girls at Afghan Conference/Remarks at the International Conference on Afghanistan

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 5:07pm
Member Organization: 
The Feminist Majority Foundation

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I think we have just wrapped up a very productive conference and we have seen the results of cooperation in the international community on a number of very important issues. I want to thank Prime Minister Brown and Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Government of Afghanistan, and the United Nations for bringing us all together and sponsoring this important meeting.
 

 

And I think that what we have seen is a global challenge that is being met with a global response. I especially thank the countries that have committed additional troops, leading with our host country, the United Kingdom, but including Italy, Germany, Romania. We also are grateful to all those who made their contributions known today. There are other countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, who are providing air space rights and other transit assistance.
 

 

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