Author Archives: Lynn Harris
Worlds Biggest Employers Still Losing Out On Female Talent.
The World Economic Forum has just published its 2010 Corporate Gender Gap Report. It surveys 600 leading companies across 16 industries in 20 countries and explores women’s participation in business and companies’ adherence to gender equality policies.
The survey also asked respondents to identify the biggest barriers to women’s leadership and their opinion on the probable [...]
If Women Ruled The World
There have been several recent articles extolling the virtues of women and fantasizing about how great the world would be if only we replaced male leaders with women.
In a scathing piece entitled A Nope for Pope, acid-tongued New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd suggests replacing the Pope with a nun, thus producing a “Nope.” [...]
Women Still On The Wrong Path
Article from the Toronto Star
March 13, 2010
Donna Nebenzahl
Earlier this week, we marked International Women’s Day, celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women around the world.
What has been a snail’s pace record on every level is no less so in Canada, where recent reports show dismal progress for women aspiring to make a mark in [...]
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The Invisible Woman
Media dominates our lives and strongly influences our views and opinions. Therefore it matters how we include and portray men and women in the media. With this in mind it’s somewhat shocking to read the preliminary report of the 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project released on March 2nd.
Among the key findings are:
24% of the [...]
The Confidence Factor
The feminization of the work force gives us an opportunity to create work environments that value a balance between what men and women bring to the table. But it does require women to step up to the plate, be courageous and take some risks.
Former secretary-general of the United Nations Kofi Annan, a wise man [...]
Best Jobs Women Haven’t Discovered
It’s not news that we still have a gender pay gap – men are still earning more than women doing similar or equivalent jobs. One creative way that women might put their earnings on a par with men is to make different career choices. Perhaps it’s time to be more intentional about invading well-paid jobs [...]
Mind The (Pay) Gap
I read so much about the difficulties women encounter in the workplace that sometimes I feel we spend too much time highlighting the problems and not enough time proposing positive action to improve situations. I was heartened, therefore, to discover the measures underway in the U.K. to close the gender pay gap.
No one these [...]
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50-50. Do we need quotas to guarantee balanced leadership?