Catalyst

The Real Reason Women Are More Likely to Fly Solo When It Comes to Work

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Felice Schwartz, Gender Roles, Workplace, Soleil Moon Frye, Mompreneuers, Catalyst, Mommy Track, Joan Williams, Career, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

The workplace still skews a little Mad Men, where, for every Don behind the desk, there's a Betty at home to take care of business. (Betty's been replaced, but you get my point.)

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Reflecting on Augusta

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Catalyst Awards Dinner, Gender Equality, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Masters Tournament, Virginia Rometty, Catalyst, Ibm, Sports News
Ilene H. Lang

So let's move past the "institution" and ask the members of Augusta to take an honest look in the mirror and ask themselves whether discrimination against women truly reflects their values.

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Cities That Pay Women The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Catalyst, Department of Labor, Equal Rights, The Institute for Women?S Policy Research, March, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, International Women's Day, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, t...

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Women and Work: How Goes the Revolution?

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: W, Megan Basham, Jack Welch, Stephanie Coontz, Claudia Goldin, The Quiet Revolution, Millennials, Carrie Lukas, New York Times Sunday Review, Catalyst, Wall Street Journal, Women News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

In 30 years, women are settled in everywhere from the CEO's office to the Supreme Court to the battlefield to earth orbit. The term "first woman" that signified every breakthrough has lost its news value. There is just not that much of note to break through these days. With one exception.

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What's Right With School Turnarounds

John Thompson | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: School Improvement Grants, Marshall High School, High School Reform, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Turnarounds, Catalyst, Chicago News
John Thompson

The Catalyst's special issue on the turnaround of Chicago's Marshall High School describes the type of students who may be gaining the most from the latest attempts to improve our toughest schools.

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Why (Almost) Everything Women Are Told About Work Is Wrong

Joan Williams | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Working Women, Gender Bias, Women in Business, Backlash, Catalyst, Women News
Joan Williams

Not only does a lot of the advice out there not help women, much of it actually hurts them.

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Why Women Need to Be the Ones Occupying Wall Street

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: The-Feminine-Aspect, Risk Taking, Gender Differences, Catalyst, Occupy Wall Street, Dr. Judy Rosener, Corporate Greed, Power, Elizabeth Lesser, Power Inequities, The Masculine Aspect, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

What's the Occupy Wall Street movement -- an ongoing, multi-city protest against corporate greed, cronyism and inequity -- got to do with gender politics, you ask? I say: everything.

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Laura Stampler

Who's Advocating For You At Work?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Mentorship, Women in the Workplace, Women in Politics, Gender Gap, Women, Gender Equality, Heather Foust-Cummings, Diversity Programs in Business, Sponsorship, Mentoring, Catalyst, Center for Work-Life Policy, Women in Business, Women Sponsors, Kirsten Gillibrand, Women News

We've heard it before: long hours, a strong work ethic and stellar performance no longer guarantee your rise on the corporate ladder -- if they ever d...

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What Women Want: To Make Money!

Penny Herscher | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Gender Equality, Executive Pay, Pay Equity, Today.com, Outspoken Media, Women Entrepreneurs, Human Resources, Women in Business, Ivillage, Catalyst, Equal Pay, Business News
Penny Herscher

In two-thirds of dual working families, moms are responsible for 75% or more of all the household chores. Like breastfeeding in the middle of the night, there are some things that are not going to change in our generation.

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Climbing the Ropes to Get Ahead

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mentorship, Census, Equality, Fortune 500, Human Rights, Catalyst Study, Pay Gap, Sponsorship, Gender Pay Gap, Catalyst, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

Mentors can show you the ropes, but sponsors help you climb them.

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21 Companies That Have Excluded Women From Leadership

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Female CEOs, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Women's Careers, Catalyst, Sexism, Female Executives, Women in Leadership, Women in Management, Business News

By 24/7 Wall Street: More than half of the American workforce is comprised of women. It is well-known that they are paid less than their male counterp...

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Is the Media Sexist? How to Make "Equal Pay" for Women a Sexy, Election News Story and Debate Question?

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness Act, Citibank, Women and Politics, Equal Pay, Media, Election, Voting, Supreme Court, President Obama, New York, Eeoc, Senate, Living, House of Representatives, Election 2010, Catalyst, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Frosted Glass Ceiling, Business, Women Voters Clinton, Impact, Sexist Media, Misogynous Media, Sexism in Media, Media News
Beverly Wettenstein

Have you seen the news stories about the sexy Citibank beauty who claims she was discriminated against and fired because she distracted her male cowor...

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Risk Management

Laura Liswood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Booz & Co., Women, Equity, Risk Prevention, Women on Boards, World Bank, The Third Billion, Risk Management, Corporate Risk Management, Economic Growth, Equal Access, Catalyst, Participation, Politics News
Laura Liswood

Often the issue of the empowerment of women and girls is seen as an equity argument. It is the right thing to do; a human right thing to do. But it is also a matter of risk management.

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Google Is Making You Into a Developer

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Software Development, Twitter, Emergency Phone, Content Producers, Catalyst, Popularity, Nursing Students, 15 Minutes, Application Development, High Schools, Developers, Content Production, Simplicity, University Undergraduates, Inventor, Voracity, Schools Students, Text Messages, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

Social media has turned many of us from content consumers into content producers. Tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Amplify have made the pr...

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Give Mom a Break

Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Renewal, Arlie Hochschild, Catalyst, Balance, Mother's Day, Second Shift, Healthy Living News
Tony Schwartz

I'm awed by the complex lives that so many women I know -- most especially the single mothers -- manage with such grace. I'm also aware what they sacrifice, which is most often themselves.

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Women In Charge at Xerox

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Women, Xerox, Anne Mulcahy, Management, Catalyst, Gender, Business News
Philip N. Cohen

Those who have rigorously studied corporate diversity programs report mixed success at best, at least when it comes to diversifying management, although there is always something to cheer for.

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Where are the Women: U.S. Boardrooms May be Missing the Boat?

Ilene H. Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in Business, Women Board Directors, Women in Leadership, Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst, Catalyst Census, Business News
Ilene H. Lang

The results of the 2009 Catalyst Census of women in leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies are in - and they aren't pretty. One way to break this cycle and close the gender gap: start at the top.

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