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CWDI In the News |
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the Boardrooms," International Herald Tribune, May 27, 2010 |
| "Where Women Don't Rule
Globally: A Scarcity of Board Seats," CNN Money, March 26,
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Release of "Women Board Directors in Japan's 100 Largest Companies,"
November 11, 2009
TSX Market Open
November 6, 2008 |
Hear from
Voice of America
about CWDI's 2007 Report,
released in Berlin, Germany
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NASDAQ
MARKET CLOSE
September 2006
CNBC, CNBC Asia, CNN International, CNN Pipeline,
Report on Business
(Canada), New Tang Dynasty TV, Bloomberg & Bloomberg Brazil
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REPORT ON WOMEN
DIRECTORS
Reuters, MSN Money, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Public
Radio, Vermont Public Radio, WBUR Boston, Interactive Investor (UK),
Scotsman Business News (UK), National Post (Canada), Edicom (France),
Times of India, New Tang Dynasty Television (China), Xinghua News
(China)
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CWDI-IFC Roundtable on Board Diversity
March 26, 2010
Washington, DC
The CWDI-IFC Roundtable on Board Diversity which took place at the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank in Washington, DC
on March 26, 2010 brought together for the first time
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.
Norway's Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
Audun Lysbakken and CWDI Chair Irene
Natividad
at the CWDI-IFC
Roundtable on Board Diversity.
Over 40 leaders from 15 countries participated in the "invitation-only"
Roundtable which explored what works in increasing the number of women
serving on corporate boards globally.
Click here for the presentation by CWDI Chair Irene Natividad given at
the 2010 Global Summit of Women in Beijing, China on the outcomes of the
Roundtable.
Roundtable participants listen to Minister
Lysbakken discuss the Norwegian model at March 26 Roundtable on Board
Diversity.
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2010 CWDI REPORT: WOMEN BOARD DIRECTORS OF FORTUNE
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CWDI released its third version of its report on Women Board
Directors of the Fortune Global 200 at the March 26
Roundtable on Board Diversity at the International Finance
Corporation of the World Bank.
In addition to tracking the percentages of women board directors
over the past six years, the report also explains why some
countries are outperforming others and discusses various
initiatives in place to advance more women to board seats.
The report names companies doing well in placing women on
their Boards as well as those failing to measure up.
To view the Key Findings of the
2010 CWDI Report,
Click Here |
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March
26, 2010, 2:06 pm
Where women don't rule, globally:
A
scarcity of board seats seats
by Patricia Sellers
Where in the world are the fewest women on
major corporate boards?
Japan,
according to a study, out today, by Corporate Women Directors
International. The Washington-based group, known as CWDI,
counted women directors at the 200 largest companies on
Fortune's
Global 500
list.
As of year-end, Japan has the
most companies with no women directors: 19. The all-male boards
include Toyota (TM), Honda (HMC), Nissan (NSANF), Panasonic
(PC), and Toshiba (TOSBF).
What gives? Besides cultural stereotypes--age-old
assumptions about the role of women in society--there's the fact
that in
Japan, most board seats go to
senior management. Since few women are senior managers in
Japan, they have little access
to the boardroom.
For complete article,
Click Here
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Irene Natividad
President, Global Summit of Women
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Barbara Barrett
Board Director, Exponent & Raytheon (USA) |
Mary K. Bush
Board Director, Brady Corporation, Briggs &
Stratton, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp., and Pioneer Family of
Mutual Funds (USA) |
Patricia Diaz-Dennis
Board Director, CarrAmerica Realty, Mass
Mutual and UST (USA) |
Amparo Espinosa Rugarcia
Board Director, Telmex (Mexico) |
Carol Hansell
Founding Board Director, Institute of Corporate
Directors (Canada) |
Sungjoo Kim
Board Director, MCM Inc. (Germany) |
Reatha Clark King
Board Director, Department 56, Inc., ExxonMobil,
Wells Fargo (USA) |
Wendy Lucas-Bull
Board Director, Eskom, AVENG, Dimension Data PLC
and NURCHA (South Africa) |
Jocelyne Cote
O’Hara
Board Director, Manitoba Telecom/Allstream,
Protus
IP Solutions and
Xerox Canada |
Merle Okawara
Board Director, J.C. Foods and Avon Japan |
Toni Rembe
Partner,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; Board Director, SBC and Aegon,
N.V. |
Kate Rodin
Board
Director,
National Association of Directors; Former Board Director, OBOS Real
Estate Company and Aker Kvaerner ASA (Norway) |
Louise Tager
Board Director, Barloworld and ABT Diamond Cutting
Works Ltd (South Africa) |
Karen Hastie Williams
Board Director, Chubb Corporation, Continental
Airlines, Gannett Corporation, SunTrust Banks, Washington Gas & Light
(USA) |
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NASDAQ
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September 2006
CNBC, CNBC Asia, CNN International, CNN Pipeline,
Report on Business
(Canada), New Tang Dynasty TV, Bloomberg & Bloomberg Brazil
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REPORT ON WOMEN
DIRECTORS
Reuters, MSN Money, Washington Post, Boston
Globe, Chicago Public Radio, Vermont Public Radio, WBUR Boston,
Interactive Investor (UK), Scotsman Business News (UK), National Post
(Canada), Edicom (France), Times of India, New Tang Dynasty Television
(China), Xinghua News (China)
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Women and Corporate Boards
By Irene Natividad, Chair, CWDI
Full Article
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WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - Top women executives do slightly better at
U.S.-based healthcare and pharmaceutical companies than in other
industries, but 35 percent of big drug companies
do not have a single female director,
according to a new survey...
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CWDI AT THE STOCK EXCHANGES
In past years Corporate Women
Directors International has presided over the openings and closings of
major stock exchanges. Where will they visit next?
CWDI OPENS THE JOHANNESBURG
STOCK EXCHANGE
September 21, 2009 |
CWDI OPENS THE TORONTO
STOCK EXCHANGE
November 6, 2008 |
CWDI CLOSES THE NASDAQ MARKET
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2006 |
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CWDI Co-Chair Irene Natividad,
JSE Deputy CEO Nicky Newton-King &
International Women's Forum, South Africa President Namane
Magau beat the drums to open the exchange
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CWDI Co-Chair Irene Natividad and Canadian women directors
open the Toronto Stock Exchange with Institute of Corporate
Directors President Beverly Topping and TSX Chair of the
Board Wayne Fox |
CWDI Co-Chair Irene Natividad presides
over NASDAQ's Market
Close
with
participants at the
2006 CWDI Colloquium
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the 2009 Colloquium for Women Directors |
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about the 2008 Colloquium for Women Directors |
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2008 CWDI REPORT: IMPACT OF WOMEN CEOS ON WOMEN’S ACCESS
TO CORPORATE BOARD SEATS & THE C-SUITE |
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“These findings answer the question of
whether it matters if a woman is in charge,” states CWDI Chair
Irene Natividad (left). “Clearly women CEOs are far more
likely to bring in other women to corporate leadership roles.
It is unfortunate, however, that there are so few of them in
both the US and Canada,” she adds.
To view the Key Findings of the 2008 CWDI Report,
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