{"id":186,"date":"2015-08-10T19:42:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T19:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDInet\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2018-08-22T20:27:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T20:27:59","slug":"about-cwdi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/about-cwdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/img001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-310 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/img001-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"img001\" width=\"167\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/img001-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/img001-1024x791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI) promotes the increased participation of\u00a0women in corporate boards globally, fosters national and international networks to connect\u00a0women directors,\u00a0and seeks to hone directors\u2019 skills in corporate governance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To provide baseline information from which\u00a0women\u2019s progress on corporate boards can be measured, CWDI has conducted research internationally\u00a0since 1996 to identify women corporate board members in Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Spain,\u00a0and the United States. CWDI has also issued industry-specific studies along with regional and global reports covering top companies and their record on\u00a0board diversity.<a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-zurich-3c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-223 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-zurich-3c-300x298.png\" alt=\"photo zurich 3c\" width=\"158\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-zurich-3c-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-zurich-3c-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-zurich-3c-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/photo-zurich-3c.png 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, CWDI has held roundtables on corporate governance in several cities globally for\u00a0women directors and executives. The most recent brought together business and government leaders\u00a0convened with the World Bank in Washington, DC, to share board diversity initiatives from several\u00a0countries. For more information about CWDI or its publications, please contact Corporate Women\u00a0Directors\u2019 Washington, D.C. headquarters at <a href=\"mailto:cwdi@globewomen.com\">cwdi@globewomen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI) is a project of the GlobeWomen Research and Education Institute, a 501(c)3 Organization based in Washington, DC, USA.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI) promotes the increased participation of\u00a0women in corporate boards globally, fosters national and international networks to connect\u00a0women directors,\u00a0and seeks to hone directors\u2019 skills in corporate governance. To provide baseline information from which\u00a0women\u2019s progress on corporate boards&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/about-cwdi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2674,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/2674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}