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Gender diversity in the executive suite

A Feature article in the December 1, 2007 issue of Marketplace Magazine, devoted to the 18-county region of Northeast Wisconsin, discusses “Gender diversity in the executive suite — Women leaders say ‘softer’ skill sets help when driving hard for results.” In the article, several female executives discuss their experiences.

New York City watchdog group, Catalyst, reports that companies with higher representation of women board directors had better returns on equity, sales, and invested capital than those with few or no females on their boards, yet Milwaukee Women Inc. reports that more than a third of Wisconsin’s 50 largest public companies have no female executive officers.

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Gender in the 2008 US Presidential Campaign

Proportions of Women and Men Who Voted for Hillary Clinton in the “Super Tuesday” Races of February 5, 2008 The Center for American Women in Politics collected data summarizing the gender gap in the Democratic primaries on “Super Tuesday”. This is available as a PDF for download.

A November 4, 2007 New York Times article, Different Rules when a Rival is a Woman?, explored the role that gender is playing in the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign. Opinions vary as to whether Hillary Clinton is receiving more criticism from her opponents in some of the debates because she is a woman or because she is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

A November 12, 2007 Wall Street Journal article, Executive Women Identify with the Scrutiny the Female Presidential Candidate is Facing, includes interviews with professional women about the similarities between the obstacles they had to overcome in their careers to those of Hillary Clinton in her candidacy for President.

Women to Watch in 2008

A November 19, 2007 Wall Street Journal article, The 50 Women to Watch 2007, lists 50 women who are expected to make a significant impact in the corporate & non-profit world in the coming year. The article notes that although there hasn’t been a large increase in the number of women in top executive jobs in recent years, there does appear to be an increasing number of women in the pipeline for such jobs in the future.

Status of Girls in Wisconsin, 2007

The 2007 Status of Girls in Wisconsin Report was conducted by the Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls in collaboration with the Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee, the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Women’s Council. The goals of the report were to centralize information about girls, increase the accessibility of such information, and improve the quality of life of girls in the state of Wisconsin. The Report is available in pdf form for download online.

Page 2 of the Executive Summary, a downloadable pdf, covers study results in the areas of: