Yet women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in academic medicine, particularly at the highest rungs. Disparity in leadership representation, which is incompletely understood, is a national issue because it has implications for talent entering the healthcare workforce and our ability to ...
Women's leadership summits in the UK Around45%of senior roles across the UK are held by women – but only 30% of leadership jobs. Although the number of women steadily stepping into senior-level leadership positions in the UK is rising, fewer women make up higher ranking senior positions co...
The Government of Jamaica will continue to work with the Commonwealth to ensure that the inclusion of women in positions of power and decision-making remains a high priority. PAVING THE WAY TO OPPORTUNITIES: WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH 7 8 Executive summary Countries continue to ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- An increasing number of women are expected to take up leadership positions in startup companies across the world, a leading U.S. bank said in a report Thursday. Although 67 percent of startups surveyed have no women on their boards and 51 percent have...
UNITED NATIONS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Women are still vastly under-represented in leadership positions around the world, and it is high time to change it for good, said UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa on Friday. Currently, only 5 percent of all heads of government and le...
Five-decade profile of women in leadership positions at ophthalmic publications. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012;130(11):1441-1446. 1. Harden J. ‘Mother Russia’ at work: gender divisions in the medical profession. Eur J Womens Stud. 2001;8(2):181-199Google ScholarCrossref 2. Darves B. Women ...
The first democratically elected female Prime Minister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who took over the leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party when her husband was assassinated in 1959. Bandaranaike successfully led her party to victory in three elections, in 1960, 1970 and 1994, howev...
Over the years, a changing corporate world has become more open for women, but the glass ceiling remains very much in place. This invisible barrier, which hinders women from rising to leadership positions, is just one of the identified constraints on women’s professional pro...
In her first piece as The Drum’s new columnist, Kerning the Gap founder Nat Maher explores why there are so few women in design leadership positions and what can be done about it.
WIL supports women working across practice, industry and public sectors who are in senior management, partner or board roles. The programme has a strong personal development focus, and seeks to refine and craft your individual leadership style.