Gender - Women
 

Gender - Women

  • Female entrepreneurs pay it forward: Series aims to address number of women starting own ventures. Calgary AB. http://tinyurl.com/ye8d9wq 2:09 PM Mar 29th
  • Women need to cultivate relationships with network - especially subordinates - to reduce pay gap http://bit.ly/csKXY9 9:50 AM Mar 29th
  • Women tend to be more engaged at work than men. C. Matz-Costa #worklife 9:22 AM Mar 26th
  • Reports of progress in advancement, compensation, and career satisfaction for women just plain wrong http://bit.ly/aqy2k9 10:33 AM Mar 22nd
  • Relationships with family and friends provide women with disabilities the most satisfaction http://bit.ly/acZSWX 5:06 PM Mar 19th
  • Although women no more likely than men to take a non-traditional career path, women paid a penalty while men did not http://bit.ly/c57MKE 11:47 AM Mar 19th
  • Regardless of MBA and job experience, women start behind - salary, job level - and never catch up http://bit.ly/c57MKE 11:39 AM Mar 19th
  • Women now represent more than 50% of university grads in physical and life sciences; agriculture, natural resources & conservation 6:22 PM Mar 8th
  • In Canada, in 2007, women made up almost 61% of all university graduates up from 56% in 1992. 6:20 PM Mar 8th
  • 77% of new Cdn moms w maternity/parental benefits without top up return to work within 18 mos vs 96% w top up http://tinyurl.com/yz5axc7 12:28 PM Feb 24th
  • 96% of Cdn women with topped-up maternity/parental benefits return to their same employers within 18 mos http://tinyurl.com/yz5axc7 12:24 PM Feb 24th
  • Girls' life expectancy at birth is 83 years, while boys' is 78.3 years for Canadians born 2005-2007 according to Statistics Canada 12:45 PM Feb 23rd
  • Self-employed Canadian women grew 29% since 1996 to 959,400 women in 2009 or 35% of all self-employed Canadians 9:10 AM Feb 23rd
  • Nominate a champion for Catalyst Honours ~ Celebrating Champions of Women in Business http://tinyurl.com/ylhmxtb 4:43 PM Feb 17th
  • Senior women lawyers support female colleagues in successful mentoring program http://bit.ly/aGojyY 11:01 AM Feb 5th
  • 46% of women caregivers living more than an hour's away from the care recipient missed full days of work to provide care vs. 27% of men 3:21 PM Jan 27th
  • RBC women are in 39% exec roles, 30% corp officer & 43% hi-potential talent pool incl 21% visible minority women http://tinyurl.com/yd6sj3o 2:29 PM Jan 21st
  • Canada may be multicultural, but it sure isn’t inclusive when it comes to women in politics http://bit.ly/7WxwyV 2:23 PM Jan 11th
  • UC's annual study shows little progress since 2005 for women in California's 400 largest public companies http://tinyurl.com/yko7o97 6:22 PM Nov 26th, 2009
  • WHO - women living longer but not necessarily healthier lives http://tinyurl.com/y9wxaez 1:12 PM Nov 12th, 2009
  • Top women performers: flex work is "a lifesaver, eliminating the need to quit a hard-won, much-valued job http://tinyurl.com/yhz2w59 3:32 PM Nov 3rd, 2009
  • Syl Ann Hewlett: top female talent says work challenge, colleagues, respect, recognition more important than $ http://tinyurl.com/yhrszjq 2:45 PM Oct 27th, 2009
  • Hear what Canadian working mothers have to say about 'Making It Work' in Toronto and Calgary http://tinyurl.com/yhuwbgt 2:43 PM Oct 27th, 2009
  • 83% of U.K. women say having some flex in their job would help them to return to work after a maternity leave http://tinyurl.com/yfwdrgs 2:38 PM Oct 27th, 2009
  • 97% of women say comfortable retirement is top financial goal, but only 20% confident they can make it happen http://tinyurl.com/yjcyb6m 1:55 PM Oct 13th, 2009
  • Liberal Party of Canada Announces Four New Women Candidates in Ontario http://tinyurl.com/l7fge4 1:20 PM Oct 5th, 2009
  • 18% of Canadian women reported at least 1 mental health problem = 2.7 weeks off work, you do the math http://tinyurl.com/yc4qy4g 5:27 PM Sep 24th
  • The State of the World's Girls 2009 - it takes a girl to raise a village http://tinyurl.com/lsfg5a 12:47 PM Sep 22nd, 2009
  • Women high achievers: are they really doing it all? Maybe, but not at the same time. Read: it's OK to take a break http://tinyurl.com/m9mh6j 1:09 PM Sep 21st, 2009
  • More than 50% of Moms over 40 with preschoolers chose health professions as their career - view top ten here http://tinyurl.com/lwpcun 10:41 AM Sep 17th, 2009
  • More Moms delay having first child until mid 30's - School and work are the reasons http://tinyurl.com/lwohvz 8:39 AM Sep 17th, 2009
  • B.C. Law Society says 1/3 of new women lawyers leave the profession within five years - workload biggest issue http://tinyurl.com/nk4n3u 8:42 AM Sep 8th, 2009