Diversity & Leadership

The Glass Wall

Submitted by asklar on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 10:26am

ESPN asks: Women continue to shatter stereotypes as athletes. So how come they can't catch a break as coaches?

URL:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=theGlassWall

Two-Thirds of Young Arab Women Remain Out of Workforce

Teaser:

About one in three young Arab women between the ages of 23 and 29 participate in their country's labor force versus about eight in 10 young Arab men. This gender gap is generally consistent across the 22 Arab countries and territories Gallup surveyed in 2011, but young women's labor force participation is slightly higher in low-income countries than in higher income countries.

Editorial:

From Gallup:

These findings are based on a new Silatech Index report, "Workforce Participation Linked to Wellbeing Differences Among Young Arab Women," which examines how young women's workforce participation is related to their life evaluations, emotional state, and economic optimism.

In many Arab countries, chronic job shortages combined with cultural factors, such as pressure on employers to give young men jobs that enable them to marry and start families, may limit employment opportunities for young women. The World Bank recently reported that the Middle East and North Africa region continues to have the lowest female workforce participation rate of any global region.

These broad gender gaps persist despite impressive strides in many Arab countries toward gender equity in education. In high-income countries, women aged 23 to 29 are just as highly educated as their male counterparts and are more likely than young men to have a tertiary education (22% vs. 16%, respectively). In middle-income and low-income countries, young women are less likely than young men to have more than a primary education.

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Source:

Gallup

URL:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/153659/Two-Thirds-Young-Arab-Women-Remain-Workforce.aspx

Date:

April 2, 2012

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Female CFOs in U.S. Paid 16% Less Than Men, Study Finds

Teaser:

Female chief financial officers at U.S. companies are paid an average of 16 percent less than their male counterparts of similar age at companies with comparable market values, according to a study.

Editorial:

From Bloomberg:

The report by New York-based GMI Ratings, a corporate governance consulting firm, is based on an analysis of salaries of more than 1,900 CFOs at Russell 3000 Index (RAY) companies with a market value of $100 million to $25 billion in 2010. About 150 of the CFOs were women.

“There is real discrimination, but nobody wants to deal with it," said Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of Value alliance Co.
Female CFOs received on average $1.32 million a year in total compensation, compared with $1.54 million for their male counterparts, according to a model based on the analysis. Compensation included base salary, bonuses, grant-date value of stock awards and stock option grants and retirement benefits.

The firm said its model accurately predicted a CFO’s gender. The lower the salary, the more likely the CFO would be female.

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Source:

Bloomberg

URL:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-02/female-cfos-in-u-s-paid-16-less-than-men-study-finds.html

Date:

April 2, 2012

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The double minority: Being a black female politician in a male-dominated political world

Teaser:

Minorities and women have a hard time breaking into politics, but what is it like to be both – a black woman fighting to be and stay in the political world.

Editorial:

From Medill Reports:

Imagine what it is like to be serving your country and less than a quarter of your constituents look like you. That is the reality for African-American women in politics.

Illinois Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-Chicago) was the youngest African-American woman to be appointed to the Illinois Senate and she said sexism was evident, but being intimidated by others has disappeared.

“There has always been some general disrespect and resistance to treating me as an equal. I overcame most of this, but it has been a process of working hard to gain respect.” Ligthford said. “In focusing on my mission to improve education, I have felt some negative feedback, but I don’t see it as negative anymore. I see it as my job and I have grown in that way.”

Women only make up 17 percent of all members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 16 percent of U.S. senators, 16 percent of all governors and 24 percent of state legislators according to a 2008 Pew Research study.

Even with this reality, in 2012 nearly three quarters of African-American women say right now is a good time to be a black woman in America, according to a 2012 nationwide study from the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Source:

Medill Reports

URL:

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=201994

Date:

April 2, 2012

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Panacea or Placebo: Are Women’s Networks Working for Women?

Submitted by asklar on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:05am

URL:

http://www.simmons.edu/som/docs/insights_34_FINAL.pdf

Member Organization:

Center for Gender in Organizations

Champion® Athleticwear Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Title IX with Women’s Sports Foundation Board Chair and Olympic Athlete Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Teaser:

The 1970s ushered in two significant milestones in the evolution of women’s fitness -- the passage of Title IX legislation in 1972 and the invention of the sports bra. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX, Champion Athleticwear, recognized as the founder of sports bras, hosted a special event today in New York City featuring Olympic gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, who now serves as the board chair of the Women’s Sports Foundation.

Editorial:

From the press release:

A national survey commissioned by Champion shows a significant improvement in women’s participation in sports and fitness. In the survey, 100 percent of women ages 18 to 24 said they were encouraged to play sports, compared with 75 percent for women ages 25 to 34 and just 45 percent for women ages 55 and older.

During the anniversary event, Champion traced the evolution of sports bras from the very first prototype created in 1977 by Hinda Miller, Linda Lindahl and Polly Smith by sewing together two jockstraps to the latest fabric and design innovations debuting in 2012. What began with the original Jogbra, has expanded to more than 19 different Champion sports bra silhouettes designed for all type of fitness activities, levels of support and sizes.

For spring 2012, Champion introduced the new Champion Sweetheart Neckline Sports Bra and the Champion Seamless Adjustable Sports Bra, both launching at retail stores nationwide this month. In addition, the brand previewed more new sports bra styles planned for late summer and early fall.

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Source:

Marketwatch

URL:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/champion-athleticwear-celebrates-40th-anniversary-of-title-ix-with-womens-sports-foundation-board-chair-and-olympic-athlete-benita-fitzgerald-mosley-2012-03-29

Date:

April 1, 2012

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AGENDA Annual Conference 2012 external rev March 30

Submitted by vivhdem on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:13pm

AGENDA: NCRW Annual Conference 2012 - Agenda-Setting Nationally and Globally: Leveraging Women's Voices

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AGENDA for 2012 NCRW Conference (external) 3-27-12.pdf

Golf’s Masters Facing Male-Only Dilemma With New IBM CEO

Teaser:

Will International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)’s Ginni Rometty be able to wear a green jacket at the Masters Tournament?

Editorial:

From Bloomberg:

As Augusta National Golf Club prepares to host the competition next week, it faces a quandary: The club hasn’t admitted a woman as a member since its founding eight decades ago, yet it has historically invited the chief executive officer of IBM, one of three Masters sponsors. Since the company named Rometty to the post this year, Augusta will have to break tradition either way.

IBM holds a rarefied position at the Augusta, Georgia, course. The company has a hospitality cabin near the 10th hole, beside co-sponsors Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and AT&T Inc. (T) The companies’ male CEOs have been able to don the club’s signature green member blazers while hosting clients. Non-members, who don’t wear the jackets, must be accompanied by a member to visit the course or play a round.

“They have a dilemma on many levels,” said Marcia Chambers, senior research scholar in law and journalist in residence at Yale University Law School. “If there’s been a tradition of certain CEOs, then they should look at this new CEO in the same way. The only thing that makes her any different is her gender.”

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Source:

Bloomberg

URL:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-28/golf-s-masters-facing-male-only-dilemma-with-new-ibm-ceo.html

Date:

March 28, 2012

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In Mexico and Around the Globe Women are Moving into Senior Leadership Positions

Teaser:

On a sunny afternoon in late March, before an audience of 1,200 students at the Tec de Monterrey’s satellite campus just outside of Mexico City, Josefina Vazquez Mota, the first female presidential candidate in the country’s history, talked about her campaign. “Michelle Bachelet [the former president of Chile] gave me some great advice, she said ‘never put on a mustache to govern, govern as a woman.’”

Editorial:

From Forbes:

Josefina Vazquez Mota is already the first woman ever to serve as Mexico’s Secretary of Education and Secretary of Social Development.

A few weeks earlier, when she accepted the nomination from the country’s PAN party, she told the crowd “I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history.”

In a recent article, Shannon O’Neil, a Mexico expert from the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank in New York, explained “This is a historic nomination, it has the potential to change the dynamics of the presidential race.”

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Source:

Forbes

URL:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2012/03/26/in-mexico-and-around-the-globe-women-are-moving-into-senior-leadership-positions/

Date:

March 27, 2012

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Alternative Perspectives: a seat on the Board

Submitted by asklar on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 10:36am

Since Lord Davies’ independent review of women on boards a year ago (February 2011), the impetus to seek out female talent for the boardroom has never been greater. FTSE 100 companies appointed 26 women to their boards in the first eight months of 2011, a jump by 227% from the whole of 2010. Of these 26 appointments, 31% were women with financial services backgrounds, i.e. the most in-demand demographic.

This paper considers why women from the world of alternative investments could be appropriate for publicly quoted corporate boards. Working with senior members of 100 Women in Hedge Funds, we have conducted a study into the potential among women in alternatives for board. Of the 100 participants, 85% felt they were ready for a corporate board role within five years or less and 58% within two years or less.

URL:

http://www.odgersberndtson.co.uk/gb/news-knowledge/knowledge-insight/article/alternative-perspectives-a-seat-on-the-board-4875/

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