RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In 1971, Patricia Roberts Harris became the first Black woman to serve on a corporate board for a Fortune 500 company. She served on IBM's board, and just six years later, then ...

Companies with the largest market share now have at least 35% women on their boards. "While we've made significant strides in 15 years, the recent decline in women and women of color joining boards ...

The most coveted position in corporate America—the board of directors—historically has been criticized for excluding women and other underrepresented groups. Over the past several decades, however, ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Women on Boards Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing female representation in boardrooms across the United States, proudly announces the ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The conference titled, "Corporate Governance for a Changing World" will convene influential board directors and global leaders who are shaping the future of ...

50/50 Women on Boards (50/50WOB) has announced the appointment of Heather Spilsbury as its new Chief Executive Officer, starting Jan. 1, 2024. Spilsbury joined 50/50WOB in 2020 and has served as Chief ...

Total S&P 500 board seats held by women rose 2% in 2022 from the prior year, to about a third of all board positions. Some 10% of companies now have roughly equal numbers of male and female directors.

Our annual “glass-ceiling index”, which ranks OECD members on ten indicators of female workplace empowerment (and can be found at economist.com/glassceiling ...