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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Recently, The Glass Hammer revealed our new research on women in technology – we wanted to find out what companies can do to better retain women at the junior and mid-career levels. Many companies are making a robust effort to recruit a high percentage of women at the […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) We know that role models are critically important for inspiring women to lead. “You can’t be what you can’t see” is a refrain often repeated by feminist trailblazer Marie Wilson. Young women need strong, visible role models, not only to illustrate the heights to which they can aspire, […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Last week, Bloomberg hosted the NCWIT Aspirations Award ceremony – a special event to honor young women in high school who have excelled in the area of computing. Keynote speaker Jacqui Meyer, R&D Chief of Staff at Bloomberg, explained how she found her way into the technology field […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Speaking last week at the White House Project’s annual Epic Awards, the organization’s president, Tiffany Dufu said, “My dad used to always tell me, ‘Tiffany Dufu, if you want to have something you’ve never had before, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done before to […]
By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog Alex Crawford, whose coverage of the capture of Tripoli for UK news channel Sky News made recent headlines, has declared that it’s “offensive and sexist” to ask how she raises her four children and adds that she objects to the way in which female war correspondents […]
I learned a shocking statistic recently. According to a poll by the HRC [PDF], up to 51% of LGBT professionals on Wall Street are still in the closet. That means over half – half – of LGBT professionals are uncomfortable being themselves in their workplace. We must ask why so many professionals are still afraid, […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Last Thursday, the Financial Women’s Association of New York honored two outstanding women for the impact they have had on our perception of mentoring, sponsoring, and role models: Irene Dorner, President & CEO, HSBC Bank USA and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Founding President of the Center for Work-Life Policy. […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Recognizing the impact role models can have on professional development is critical to the advancement of women in law. And Last week, the Financial Women’s Association of New York and the New York County Law Association held an event honoring trailblazing women in the profession, who shared their […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Today marked the 18th Annual Women of Distinction Breakfast hosted by the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York. The event honored 5 professional women, and one future leader. With more than 23,000 girl scouts, and the goal to expand to 100,000 girls by 2017, the Girl Scout […]
By Cindy Goodman Women’s representation in management is higher than it’s ever been, but advancement it seems appears to happen more in certain professions than others. As women make up most of the new management jobs created from 1980 to 2010, but they do so in fields that are female dominated and have the largest […]