The authors of the 2013 Cranfield Female FTSE board report have expressed concern that after a short period of growth, complacency may again be setting in when it comes to improving the number of women on the boards of the UK’s top companies
In 2013 the prestigeous award goes to Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President of the Statoil group's first female led platform on the Gullfaks field.
In line with the quotas introduced in November the European Commission announced launch of a Global Board Ready Women searchable database including 8000 names from the start.
The EU has launched a new programme called Equality Pays Off. It aims at supporting the efforts of companies in tackling one of the major challenges of the future – skills shortage – by promoting equality between men and women, thereby reducing the gender pay gap.
The historic legislation of the European Commission sets an objective of a 40% presence of the under-represented sex among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges by 2018 by public undertakings and by 2020 for publicly listed companies.
The survey of 1,000 UK working women between the ages of 18 - 60, revealed that two thirds believe they faced multiple barriers throughout their careers, rather than just a single ceiling on entry to the boardroom.
Mc Kinsey's experience based advice: make the CEO’s commitment visible for all to see, set targets for the proportion of women in senior positions and track progress!
Dame Wendy joins 24 other women who, according to Computer Weekly, represent role models who have an important role to play in the future diversity and success of the high-tech community.
The authors of the 2013 Cranfield Female FTSE board report have expressed concern that after a short period of growth, complacency may again be setting in when it comes to improving the number of women on the boards of the UK’s top companies
The German parliament has the 18 April 2013 rejected a proposed minimum quota for female company executives.
In 2013 the prestigeous award goes to Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President of the Statoil group's first female led platform on the Gullfaks field.
In line with the quotas introduced in November the European Commission announced launch of a Global Board Ready Women searchable database including 8000 names from the start.
The EU has launched a new programme called Equality Pays Off. It aims at supporting the efforts of companies in tackling one of the major challenges of the future – skills shortage – by promoting equality between men and women, thereby reducing the gender pay gap.
The historic legislation of the European Commission sets an objective of a 40% presence of the under-represented sex among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges by 2018 by public undertakings and by 2020 for publicly listed companies.
Sogeti has taken a bold initiative to unite girls in the Swedish IT sector in the Women Inspiration Network IT.
The survey of 1,000 UK working women between the ages of 18 - 60, revealed that two thirds believe they faced multiple barriers throughout their careers, rather than just a single ceiling on entry to the boardroom.
Mc Kinsey's experience based advice: make the CEO’s commitment visible for all to see, set targets for the proportion of women in senior positions and track progress!
Dame Wendy joins 24 other women who, according to Computer Weekly, represent role models who have an important role to play in the future diversity and success of the high-tech community.
