A new study showing the prevalence of a “one is enough” cap on the number of female top executives at many firms confirms a continuing gender gap.
The Best Reason For Women to be on Corporate Boards
Our Monday Gender Issue: Last year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had long opposed female quotas on corporate boards, capitulated. Ms. Merkel’s labor minister, a physician and mother of 6, held firm to demands that her boss accept quotas. Merkel…
The Symphony Orchestra Still Has a Glass Ceiling
In 1970, only 5% of the musicians in a symphony orchestra were women. By 1997, the proportion had risen to 25%. The reason was the blind audition. Performing behind a screen that prevented any gender identification, woman were evaluated and…