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CWDI OPENS BARCELONA STOCK EXCHANGE
- FEBRUARY 10, 2012
CWDI Chair and Global Summit of Women President,
Irene Natividad,
and business leaders in front of the
Big Board.
The chair of
the Barcelona Stock Exchange
welcomed more than one hundred women
for the market opening.
To see
what other Stock Market Exchanges CWDI has
opened,
click here.
CWDI
IN THE NEWS
CWDI
RESEARCH
WOMEN ON CORPORATE BOARDS GLOBALLY
With Quotas, Women Make
Boardroom Gains in Europe
By
Veronica Smith
| AFP – Sun,
Nov 20, 2011
Women are
beginning to crack
Europe's
boardroom glass ceilings thanks to
government quotas, while their
advance in the United States has
nearly stalled, a new study found.
The inclusion
of more women in boardrooms is
crucial to boosting financial
performance and, in turn, economic
growth, the Washington-based
Corporate Women Directors
International
said.
PBS Program "To the
Contrary" hosts Quotas on
Corporate Boards
Laura Brown,
Political Commentator; Victoria
DeFrancesco Soto, Director of
Communications, Latino Decisions;
Gretchen Hamel, Executive Director,
Public Notice, and Irene Natividad,
President of the Global Summit of
Women speak at the PBS Show "To the
Contrary with Bonnie Erbe" about
Quotas on Corporate Boards
Head of the IFC Women in
Business Program Zouera Youssoufou, Treasurer of
the United States Rosie Rios, Head of the IFC
Corporate Governance Unit Darren Hartzler, and
CWDI Chair Irene Natividad at the Roundtable
The 2nd CWDI-IFC
Roundtable on Board Diversity took place at the
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
of the World Bank Group in Washington, DC
The Roundtable
brought together corporate executives, stock
exchange officers, government officials, human
rights commissioners, institutional
shareholders, board directors and researchers
from throughout the world to look at recent
initiatives and global research on this issue.
NOW AVAILABLE
2011 CWDI Report: "Women Board
Directors of Fortune Global 200"
European Quotas for Women Directors Help
Crack Boardroom Glass Ceilings
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2011
-- Women are cracking boardroom glass
ceilings all over
Europe, spurred on by new
quota requirements in many countries to
put women at the top, according to the
latest Corporate Women Directors
International study of women directors
in Fortune Global 200 companies, the
biggest in the world.
“Something is
happening, and it’s driven by Europe,”
said Irene Natividad, chair of the
Washington-based international research
group CWDI. “The momentum for more women
on boards will change the face of the
biggest companies in Europe,
in the midst of the region’s ongoing
financial crisis. They are ahead of the
ball game.”
CWDI
Report: "Accelerating
Board Diversity Globally" UPDATED
PRESENTATION NOW AVAILABLE
Click Here to View
Irene Natividad speaking at
Harvard's Kennedy School on
"Accelerating Board Diversity"
CWDI's "2010 Report: Accelerating Board
Diversity" is the first global picture of
women's access to board seats.
The
report brings together for the first time
initiatives by governments, corporate governance
commissions, researchers and advocates from
different parts of the world in the effort to
increase the number of women directors.
Irene Natividad
at the European Parliament hearing on
Women and Leadership
Ms.
Natividad testifying on the findings of
Accelerating Board Diversity
Included in the
Report are data on the status of women directors
in 51 countries from 26 separate sources, a
compilation of Business Case for Diversity
studies, and a review of successful strategies
in increasing the number of women on boards
globally.
Findout
what countries are doing to increase the
number of women board directors in their
countries
Click here.
Belgium, Malaysia and
Italy Add to Rising Quota Tide
Belgium
Enacts Quota
Law
The Belgian Parliament has approved a quota for
Belgian companies to have a minimum of 33% women
on their corporate boards. For more information
on the Belgian quota bill, click
here.
CWDI
Chair Irene Natividad (middle) meets with
Belgian Senator Sabine de Bethune (left) and
Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Employment and Equality Joelle Milquet to
discuss implementation of Belgian quota bill.
Malaysia
to Ensure Women Hold 30% Board Seats
On June 27, the Government of Malaysia approved
the policy of ensuring that 30% of women are at
the decision-making level in the private sector
by 2016.
Italy approved a law on June 29 requiring the
boards of listed companies to have at least 20%
of their boards be comprised by women as of 2012
and 33% by 2015.
Australia: Creating Change
Without Mandates
- Private Sector Efforts
-
In just 1 ˝ years,
Australia has moved from 8.3% of its board
directors being female in 2010 to 11.7%
currently - a 3.4% increase that would not have
been possible years ago.
Netherlands is the
only
country to date that includes mandates for women
in senior management as well as the board of
directors. The stated goal of the
quota is for "well-balanced participation of men
and women" and includes a provision that at
least 30% of board seats should also be held by
men. According to the 2010
Dutch Female Board Index, only 8.1% of board
directors are female in the Netherlands.
For
more info,
click here.
Interested in the Quota Initiative
Strategy?
Click here,
for an up to date chart on the countries
involved.
Did You Know ..
..the percentage of women board
directors of South African companies is higher than US
companies? ..a few
Middle Eastern countries outpace some Asian economies
such as Japan and South Korea in appointing women to
boards of directors? To
compare the percentage of women directors in 51
countries, click here.
Business Case for Board
Diversity The business case for diversity
demonstrates a correlation between the
number of women on boards and firm
profitability. The case has been made. Studies conducted in various
countries over various time periods have
shown that the presence of women on
boards positively affects the company's
bottom line.
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