Radio New Zealand November 27th, 2017 By Toni Bruce New Zealand women dominated the World Rugby Awards ceremony today, taking out the Team of the Year (Black Ferns), the Women’s Player of the Year (Portia Woodman) and the Women’s Sevens Player of the Year (Michaela Blyde). Woodman reflected a strong vein of Kiwi modesty in her acceptance of the award, …
Arjuna Capital, Boston Apr 27, 2017, 13:15 ET BOSTON, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Arjuna Capital announced today that it has withdrawn a gender pay equity shareholder resolution targeting Starbucks. Arjuna took the action since Starbucks released data on gender-based compensation. A report released today by Starbucks states: “Male and female partners who perform similar work are paid within …
The New York Times May 7, 2017 By Elizabeth Olson By all accounts, Mary T. Yelenick had a stellar career at Chadbourne & Parke, the New York law firm where she spent 35 years, rising to the position of chairwoman for the product liability practice. She retired in December to words of praise from the firm. But in March she …
Women occupy 19.9 percent of corporate board seats for S&P 500 companies, up less than one percentage point from last year, a new report finds. Catalyst, a nonprofit organization in New York that monitors workforce inclusion and advocates for gender parity, characterized the increase from 19.2 percent as “glacially slow” progress. The group’s annual report is to be released today. …
