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ICOGAS International Conference on Gender & Sustainability, September 21, 2017
08
Sep
The 2017 ICOGAS International Conference on Gender & Sustainability will take place on the margins of the 72nd U.N. General Assembly on September 21, 2017. Featuring leading global strategists; academics; CEOs; and international leaders H.E. Ameenah Gurib, President, Mauritius; H.E. Reema Carmona, First Lady, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; H.E. Dominique Quattara, First Lady, Ivory Coast; H.E. Lorena Castillo de Varela, First Lady, Republic of Panama; H.E. Roman Tesfaye, First Lady, Ethiopia; and H.E. Sandra Granger, First Lady, Guyana, the conference convenes brilliant minds from around the world to generate actionable gender equality and women’s sustainability solutions.
Silvia N. Rathell, NAWRB Government Relations Chairwoman, Named Director for Latin@ Council of the Maryland Diversity Leadership Council
29
Jun
NAWRB is proud to announce that Silvia N. Rathell, our Government Relations Chairwoman, has been named Director for Latin@ Council of the Maryland Diversity Leadership Council. The position will allow Rathell to help generate involvement and request feedback on strategy to bolster voter participation among the Latin@ community.
Maxine Waters Selected Again to Lead House Financial Services Committee
07
Dec
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) has once again been selected alongside Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) to lead the House Financial Services Committee. Waters, who was unanimously reelected for the position by the Democratic Caucus, will be entering her third term as Ranking Member.
Dedication to Diversity and Inclusion Results in Change
23
Nov
NAWRB’s dedication to women’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) aligns us with companies and organizations with corporate social responsibility. Equally important to internal D&I culture is collaboration between businesses and industries to embrace diversity. One organic result from implementing D&I as a fundamental tenet in the American workplace is bottom line growth.
SBA to Announce New Research Findings on Diversity Trends in Small Business Investing
12
Oct
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that on Thursday, October 13, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will release research findings from a recent SBA study conducted by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress on diversity-related trends in small business investing.
Accountability for Women’s Diversity and Inclusion
21
Jul
With the Dodd-Frank’s establishment of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) for regulated entities in 2010, the movement for equality in the workplace received a significant hoist. The issue then became accountability; how can we ensure the true inclusion of women and minorities?
Boardroom Diversity: Myth or Reality?
16
May
Last year, our article, Women in Boardrooms: Ethical and Profitable, detailed the successes and failures of women’s inclusion in boardrooms across the world. Largely underrepresented in the executive offices of top American companies, women face pervasive obstacles when trying to get a seat at the table despite the fact that diverse boards consistently outperform male-dominated ones. Furthermore, the opportunity cost of not practicing diversity is remarkable, amounting to $567 billion for the American firms studied in Grant Thornton’s report Women in Business: the Value of Diversity.
Minority and Women Inclusion 2016
18
Apr
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) has grown in prevalence in recent years, most significantly with the 2011 establishment of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) for regulated entities. The most pivotal aspect of this movement is accountability, to ensure that diversity work is actually being conducted and not just discussed. Entities—most recently the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—have taken initiative in reporting their progress by providing Congress with annual OMWI reports. Continue reading
Women in Boardrooms: Ethical and Profitable
10
Feb
There is no two ways about it, diversity in the workplace is essential. True equality—a basic tenet on which this country is built, second only to freedom—cannot be achieved until women receive equal representation and opportunity in our workforce.
After considering ethical responsibility, we must consider the pragmatic benefits of being inclusive to women and minorities. By limiting the participation of entire groups of people we are voluntarily denying the meaningful contributions they can make to our workforce, economy and country. Continue reading