Corporate Women Directors International

Are Women Advancing in the Corporate Boardroom?

Find out what female board directors thought in this first-of-its kind Survey:

2007 CWDI Colloquium for Women Directors
"Increasing Shareholder Value: Emerging Trend Affecting Governance"

Veteran board directors and corporate governance experts came together in September 2007 in the premier discussion and networking forum for women directors from the US and other countries to:

From http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200609/market_close_092906.stm

2006 Colloquium:

Comparative Percentages of Women Directors (by country)

Country	Number of Companies	Number of Companies with Women Directors	Percentage of Companies With at Least One Women Director	Total Number of Directors	Total Number of Female Directors	Percent of Female Directors
U.S.¹	500	432	86.4%	5,771	779	13.6%
Canada ²	500	241	48.2%			11.2%
Australia ³	300	141	47%	2,345	251	10.7%
U.K. ⁵	56	38	67.8%	610	61	10%
South Africa ⁴	355		46.5%	2,851	306	10.7%
Spain	300	72	24%	2,486	115	4.6%
Japan ⁷	2,396	72	3%	43,115	81	.2%

Sources:
1 Based on data in the 2003 Catalyst Census “Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500"
2 Information from the 2003 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of Canada's Financial Post 500.
3 Information from the 1999 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Australian Companies, publication of Corporate Women Directors International.
4 Information from the 2005 South African Women in Corporate Leadership (Catalyst with the Businesswomens' Association of South Africa)
5 Based on data in EPWN European Board Monitor 2004
7 Information from the 1998 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Japanese Companies, publication of Corporate Women Directors International. Data for 2,396 companies listed in 8 Japanese stock exchanges. The 842 OTC companies in the report were excluded from the comparison because information for the U.S., U.K., and Canada include only the equivalent of the Japanese listed companies

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