The Business Times

30 April 2014

 

IN a recent article in BT, "Not the business of boards to focus on gender diversity" (BT, April 11), the president of the Securities Investors Association of Singapore David Gerald was quoted as saying that we needed "to understand the situation before we start crying foul".

Channel NewsAsia

27 March 2014

Kevin Lim

 

More than half of Singapore-listed firms do not have a single female board member and little is being done to improve gender diversity at senior levels, a government-appointed task force said on Thursday.

ThinkProgress

13 February 2014

Bryce Covert

 

 

Voluntary efforts from Swedish companies to boost gender diversity on their boards are moving too slowly, so the country may impose a quota requirement if numbers don’t improve this year, a government official said Wednesday.

Sauder School of Business

25 November 2013
 

The more women on a corporate board the less a company pays for its acquisitions, according to a new study by researchers at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.

2 October 2013
Gayle Peterson

 

10 Ways to Woo Women into Leadership Roles

 

Women have the power to transform organisations and create a new leadership model to tackle the world’s most pressing problems – yet they are persistently under-represented in senior positions. Here are 10 things companies can do to encourage women into leadership roles. These are being discussed at Women Transforming Leadership, an executive education programme at Said Business School, University of Oxford this week.

CNN Money

29 September 2013

Charles Riley

 

 

Companies in Asia have a major diversity problem. Compared to their western counterparts, shockingly few women hold leadership positions in these organizations. The problem is most acute at the very top of the corporate ladder, where in many cases, women are nowhere to be found.