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03/08/2010 Gender Equity, CBC Radio-Canada

In an interview with Metro Morning, Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, says one Catalyst study shows women MBAs trail male counterparts in pay and position, whereas another finds Canadian women occupy a scant 14 percent of FP500 board seats. (Audio)
03/08/2010 New SEC Rules, Study Raise Diversity Issues, Directorship

Catalyst Vice President, Executive Leadership Initiatives, Deborah M. Soon, is quoted in an article about the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to instill changes to proxy disclosure rules to include a focus on diversity.
03/08/2010 Awareness Rises, but Women Still Lag in Pay, The International Herald Tribune

An article on a World Economic Forum study finding that corporate women lag men in pay and advancement references Catalyst research showing the same for women and men holders of the MBA degree.
03/04/2010 Too few women in Canada's boardrooms: study, Advisor.ca

This news report on Catalyst's 2009 Canadian Census showing only an slight increase in the percentage of women on Financial Post 500 boards quotes Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, on the need to look beyond the CEO pool for candidates.
03/04/2010 Dirth of Women Board Members, Business News Network

In an interview with Market Morning, Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, bemoans the derth of women on Canadian boards, as docomented in the latest Catalyst Census, and argues for considering corporate officers as well as CEOs. (Video)
03/03/2010 Boardroom door cracks open, Canwest News Service

Several Canadian newspapers published this wire service look at Catatlyst's 2009 Canadian Census showing that few women occupy board seats in Financial Post 500, with more than 40 percent of the companies having no women directors.
03/03/2010 Women vastly underrepresented in corporate Canada's boardrooms: study, Investment Executive
A Canadian newspaper for financial advisors reports on Catalyst's 2009 Census showing a barely perceptible rise in the percentage of women board directors of the Finanical Post 500 within the past two years.
03/03/2010 Catalyst: Women MBAs Lag Behind Men in Jobs, Pay, Promotions, Bloomberg BusinessWeek

The author pondering the results of a Catalyst study of women and men MBAs expresses surprise in the pay gap between the sexes in this group of "'high potentials' who are virtually identical except for gender."
03/02/2010 Top 10 College Majors For Women, Forbes

A Catalyst study finding disparities in pay, position, and promotion between women and men MBAs is referenced in this piece documenting that business ranks first among majors for women and men.
03/01/2010 Women in Management: Delusions of Progress, Harvard Business Review

The Catalyst researchers draw from the second report in a longitunidinal study of MBAs from premier business schools to conclude that women lag men in compensation, advancement, and career satisfaction despite the degree.
02/23/2010 Cents & Sensibility: Women's Wage Wars, Forbes

The author weaves her own story of having trailed her male colleagues in pay and promotion into her look at a Catalyst study showing that even women MBAs from premier schools experience that same fate.
02/23/2010 Study: MBA pay unequal from Day 1, Chicago Sun-Times

This article references corporate executives quoted in a Catalyst study that documents inequities in pay and promotion between women and men holders of the MBA, despite controls for factors such as parenthood.
02/22/2010 Women M.B.A.s Continue to Lag in Pay, Promotion, The Wall Street Journal

This news article quotes Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer in its discussion of the findings from a study showing that women MBAs lag men MBAs in pay, rank, and promotions.
02/21/2010 Big investors can unblock the pipeline and let female talent flow, The Observer

An article in this British publication about a Catalyst study that shows women MBAs lag their male counterparts in pay and advancement concludes that companies "have failed to create meritocracies" in which women can advance.
02/19/2010 Female MBAs still earn less, study finds, Investment Executive

A Canadian newspaper for financial advisors quotes the Toronto-based co-author in its look at a Catalyst study of women MBAs that shows they lag men MBAs in pay and promotion.
02/19/2010 Female MBAs earn less: study, Canwest News Service

This wire service story published by several Canadian news outlets quotes from Catalyzing, a blog authored by Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer, in its look at a study showing disparities in pay and opportunities between women and men MBAs.
02/18/2010 New study finds women with MBA still make less, The Toronto Star

A Catalyst Vice President is quoted in this article about a Catalyst study showing that women MBAs start at lower levels and progress more slowly in their careers than do male MBAs.
02/18/2010 Playing field uneven for female MBA grads, The Globe and Mail

This news article discusses a Catalyst study indicating women MBAs from elite schools are paid less and employed at lower ranks than their male counterparts starting from the first post-MBA job.
02/18/2010 The Myth of the Pipeline: Inequality Still Plagues Working Women, Study Finds, ABC News

Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer, as well as corporate executives, are quoted in this article about a Catalyst study of MBAs from premier schools finding that despite the degree, women lag men in pay and advancement.
02/18/2010 Ms. MBS Still Isn't Paid The Same As Mr., St. Louis Business Journal

This news story about a Catalyst study showing that women MBAs lag their male counterparts in position and salary says the findings hold locally.
02/18/2010 Women MBA grads lag, Metro
A news brief in this Canadian publication recaps a Catalyst study finding that corporate hiring practices cause women MBAs to rise at slower rates and to lower-level positions than their male counterparts.
01/26/2010 This house believes that women in the developed world have never had it so good, The Economist

Catalyst's President & Chief Executive Officer argues that women are "overlooked and underestimated" relative to men in leadership positions in a rebuttal to the thesis presented in this debate.
01/17/2010 Women@Work, Diversity Executive
Catalyst research tying women's representation on boards to performance is cited in this article arguing that organizations friendly to women are more adaptive and profitable.
01/09/2010 Leaders must recruit leaders, The Globe and Mail
Catalyst research on women corporate officers in major Canadian companies is cited in this editorial bemoaning that 40 years into the women's movement, women's representation in leadership lags that of their workforce participation.
01/04/2010 2010 - Seven Who Rewrite the Rules, Women's eNews

The women's news service profiles Catalyst President & Chief Executive Officer Ilene H. Lang as one of seven leaders dedicated to improving women's lives.