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1 week, 3 days ago

Why C-suite equality is key to corporate success

The past few years have witnessed growing conversations around gender diversity and leadership. Similarly, research from Credit Suisse revealed that companies with women in senior leadership roles tend to perform better in terms of stock price performance and return on equity. This would involve two things: Stting clear diversity goals in C-Suite and senior leadership roles and tracking its impact …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Corporates Talk Up Diversity, But Boards Stay Stubbornly Male: How Biz Can Bring In More Women

ABP News

By Manjari Das The underrepresentation of women on corporate boards remains a persistent issue, with progress proving as difficult as moving the needle on a stubborn gauge. Despite increased awareness and initiatives promoting diversity, women don’t wield substantial influence in decision-making processes. Businesses must establish effective mentorship and sponsorship programmes to help women advance to senior leadership positions, increasing the …

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5 months ago

Inclusivity in corporate board rooms: comparing Europe and India

The Hindu

Sinha, S.N., Rajpal, H. and Girisha, G., ‘Gender Diversity on the Board of Indian Companies: A Policy Gap’, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol 59, Issue No. Although there is evidence of a positive correlation between gender diversity on boards and enhanced corporate outcomes, the global gender gap persists, often due to entrenched “old boy networks” within companies. In India, the …

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9 months ago

More funding needed for women-led AI start-ups, report says

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Female-led AI start-ups are being left behind in terms of investment funding, despite …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Women in leadership: Overcoming stereotypes, embracing authenticity

Hindustan Times

Furthermore, technological advances expanding remote and gig working also provide more flexible work options to balance career and family. Common misconceptions that construct barriers include: Women continue to be under-represented in leadership roles across industries, with significant gender disparities persisting at the C-suite levels and in boardrooms around the world. PREMIUM Working women {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Women continue to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Is the woke-industrial complex anti-merit and detrimental to growth?

Deccan Chronicle

There’s a new invisible force at work in the highest ranks of corporate America, one far more nefarious. The con works like a magic trick, summed up well by Michael Caine’s character in the opening monologue in Christopher Nolan’s movie The Prestige: Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. It was apparently a challenge for Wall Street …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Large firms lacking board level diversity risk ‘toxic’ cultures, group warns

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UK’s biggest listed companies lack employee representation and …

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2 years, 4 months ago

More Women Enter Auto Manufacturing as Tata Motors, Hero, MG Accelerate Gender Diversity Drive

News 18

Women are storming the male bastion in automotive manufacturing harder as firms like Tata Motors, MG Motor, Hero MotoCorp, and Bajaj Auto accelerate the drive for gender diversity on shop floors. As for Hero MotoCorp, a company spokesperson said through its initiative ‘Project Tejaswini’, the company has “increased the number of women employees on its shop floor, changed mindsets, and …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Lord Cruddas faces investor rebellion over lack of women in CMC Markets boardroom

The Telegraph

Investors are being urged to oust the chairman of Lord Cruddas’ City trading firm owing to a lack of gender diversity on the company’s board. ISS, the proxy adviser, called for James Richards to be sacked as chairman of CMC Markets at the company’s annual meeting on Thursday over its failure to hire enough women to its board of directors. …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Nonbinary characters like ‘Gonzo-rella’ are lighting up children’s TV and encouraging self-acceptance

CNN

CNN — Earlier this summer, a new princess giddily square-danced onto the scene. “I want to be me.” The “Gonzo-rella” episode of “Muppet Babies” is one of the most recent and widely celebrated examples of animated children’s television tackling nonbinary and gender-diverse identity. “What is important is that all younger children are seeing positive images so that they can better …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Having more female CEOs and stronger laws could help stamp out workplace sexual harassment

ABC

No female CEOs were appointed to ASX 200 companies in last financial year. Take for example Julia Szlakowski, who sparked AMP's "me too" moment after bringing forward a sexual harassment case against the former head of AMP Capital, Boe Pahari. AMP's 'MeToo' moment Photo shows AMP logo on side of building AMP's promotion of Boe Pahari raises bigger questions for …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Proxy adviser crackdown could censor activism on issues like executive pay, gender diversity and climate change

ABC

When Rio Tinto destroyed a culturally significant cave in Western Australia's Juukan Gorge containing 46,000 years of human history, its board initially didn't appear to understand the gravity of the situation. Proxy advisers face new regulation But it's not the super funds that are under pressure over how they publicly agitate and, at times, vote against the re-election of directors …

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3 years, 9 months ago

'Society Benefits When Gender Diversity Is Found On Bench' : Justice Indu Malhotra In Farewell Speech

Live Law

Society benefits when gender diversity is found on bench, said Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra in her farewell speech on Friday.Speaking at the farewell function organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association, Justice Malhotra - the only woman so far to be directly elevated to Supreme Court from the bar -said that "there will be enough women in the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders

ABC

Women across corporate Australia are calling for an end to the ridiculous excuses they hear as to why they should not be promoted or paid the same as men. Lendlease director Nicola Wakefield-Evans says there's too many "egregious examples" of how we treat women disproportionately different. "It's so endemic; so common, and it puts women in terrible position of disadvantage," …

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4 years ago

Meet the woman heading $1 trillion investor group ACSI unseating corporate Australia's main men for their 'misdeeds'

ABC

When news emerged that Boe Pahari was promoted to run AMP's largest and most profitable division, AMP Capital, after a former female employee had settled a sexual harassment claim with the financial services giant, investors reacted. Key points: The ACSI is influencing companies to act on issues including executive pay and climate change Its CEO had a busy year dealing …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Taiwan's Indigenous Drag Queens Rallying for Gender Diversity and Fighting Stigma, One Wig at a Time

News 18

At a rowdy gay bar in Taipei, 28-year old Vilian ends a Friday night drag show by putting on a traditional tribal tunic over his white silk negligee and dancing to an aboriginal song that has become a rallying call for Taiwan’s indigenous minority. An ethnic Bunun, Vilian is among a handful of indigenous drag queens who use their performances …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Youth Ministry Accused Of Deceiving Queer Teens With ‘Bait And Switch’

Huff Post

Elizabeth Garcia wasn’t particularly religious when she first encountered Young Life, a Colorado-based evangelical youth ministry that seeks to win young souls for Christ. During high school, she said, she never heard Young Life leaders in her region explicitly talking to kids about the organization’s beliefs around sexuality and gender. And that’s not what being closeted was.” Young Life presents …

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