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1 in 9 Corporate Directors of FP500 are Women in Latest Count

Women hold 11.2 percent of corporate director positions in Canada (476 out of 4,247 corporate directors), a 1.4-percent increase since 2001, according to the 2003 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of Canada, released today. This third-of-its-kind census provides an accurate measure of...

Date: 2004
Catalyst Report Outlines Unique Challenges Faced by African-American Women in Business

Catalyst, the leading research and advisory organization working to advance women in business, today released a report focused exclusively on the unique challenges faced by African-American women in business. Advancing African-American Women in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know reveals...

Date: 2004
Catalyst Study Reveals Financial Performance is Higher For Companies with More Women at the Top

A new study released today by Catalyst demonstrates that companies with a higher representation of women in senior management positions financially outperform companies with proportionally fewer women at the top. These findings support the business case for diversity, which asserts companies that...

Date: 2004
General Electric, Harley-Davidson, and Shell Oil Company Earn Prestigious Catalyst Award for Efforts to Advance Women Employees

Catalyst announced the winners of the prestigious Catalyst Award, given to innovative, effective, and measurable initiatives to advance women. The 2004 Catalyst Awards will be presented to General Electric Company, Harley-Davidson, Inc., and Shell Oil Company.

“Every year, we reinforce our...

Date: 2004
Despite Women's Gains in Business, Their Representation on America's Corporate Boards Barely Improves

The 2003 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500 released today shows that women now hold 779 board seats or 13.6 percent of Fortune 500 seats, an increase from 12.4 percent in 2001. The number of seats held by women of color has increased, from 2.5 percent in 1999 to only 3.0...

Date: 2003
Catalyst Study Finds Women in High Tech Industry Have Same Challenges to Advancement as in Other Fields

Women’s advancement in the high tech industry is not keeping up with the fast pace of technological change, according to a new study released today, Bit by Bit: Catalyst’s Guide to Advancing Women in High Tech Companies. Corporate culture, recruitment and development missteps, isolation and ...

Date: 2003
Former Tech CEO Ilene H. Lang Takes the Helm at Catalyst

The Catalyst Board of Directors today appointed Ilene H. Lang as President of Catalyst, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization focusing on women’s private sector leadership. The founding CEO of AltaVista Internet Software Inc. and a First Light Capital venture partner, Lang will officially...

Date: 2003
Catalyst Study Highlights The Unique Challenges Asian Women Face in the Workplace

Women of Asian origin are one of the fastest growing groups in the U.S. labor force, but make up only 0.29% or 30 of the more than 10,000 corporate officers in 429 Fortune 500 companies who supply this data each year. A new study by Catalyst, Advancing Asian Women In The Workplace: What Managers...

Date: 2003
Catalyst Study Finds Women Need Experience in the Business of the Business to Claim Top Leadership Roles

Seven years after Catalyst’s groundbreaking study defining the barriers and success factors for women in corporate America, Catalyst’s new study Women in U.S. Corporate Leadership: 2003 finds senior women and CEOs finally agree women have been in business long enough to climb the corporate ladder...

Date: 2003
Catalyst Study Outlines Strategies for Companies to Capitalize on Latinas in the Workplace

As the Hispanic population in America continues to explode, more and more managers are exploring ways to tap this growing talent pool and capitalize on the unique experiences of Latinas in business. But as the talent pool grows and marketing dollars to Hispanics increase, Latinas at the top of...

Date: 2003

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1 in 9 Corporate Directors of FP500 are Women in Latest Count

Catalyst Report Outlines Unique Challenges Faced by African-American Women in Business

Catalyst Study Reveals Financial Performance is Higher For Companies with More Women at the Top

General Electric, Harley-Davidson, and Shell Oil Company Earn Prestigious Catalyst Award for Efforts to Advance Women Employees

Despite Women's Gains in Business, Their Representation on America's Corporate Boards Barely Improves

Catalyst Study Finds Women in High Tech Industry Have Same Challenges to Advancement as in Other Fields

Former Tech CEO Ilene H. Lang Takes the Helm at Catalyst

Catalyst Study Highlights The Unique Challenges Asian Women Face in the Workplace

Catalyst Study Finds Women Need Experience in the Business of the Business to Claim Top Leadership Roles

Catalyst Study Outlines Strategies for Companies to Capitalize on Latinas in the Workplace

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