Mid-cap companies are lagging in diversity progress, while studies show boards must have at least three women participating before benefits are evident.

Canada placed 10th internationally for gender diversity in boardrooms, finds a Governance Metrics International study.

The annual lineup of the most influential people in corporate governance is diverse, comprehensive and, in some cases, even controversial.

In 2012, the composition of the NACD Directorship 100 mirrors that of the newly elected Congress.

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She also stresses the need for better balance in the boardroom.

By 2013, a half-dozen women will sit on  Northrop Grumman Corp.'s 14-member senior management team.

Companies with one or more females on their boards are significantly more likely to have improved sustainability practices, finds a new study co-sponsored by KPMG and Women Corporate Directors.

The High Water Women Foundation, which was founded in 2005 by senior women in the hedge fund industry, holds financial literacy classes, focusing on lower-income communities.

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EU Commissioner Vice President Viviane Reding expressed support for measures designed to increase the number of board seats held by women.

Boardroom gender diversity in Canada needs improvement in all sectors, though the financial services sector is outpacing the mining and energy industries, reports the Canadian Board Diversity Council.

A proposal to institute a mandatory 40 percent quota for women on Europe's corporate boards by 2020 was delayed following concerns about its legality.

NACD Chairman Barbara Hackman Franklin recently spoke with Business Week on the declining number of new directorships for women.

A EU proposal designating 20 percent of company supervisory board seats for women will be amended to ease potential sanctions from EU officials.

India ranks 38th in the world for women representation on boards, with only 4.8 percent of seats occupied by women, finds a new Institute of Public Enterprise study.

With women holding just 16.1 percent of corporate board seats at Fortune 500 companies, some question whether diversity quotas are necessary.

Women comprise 47 percent of the US work force, account for 57 percent of US undergraduates, and spend more than 70 percent of consumer dollars worldwide. So, with all this brainy talent and buying power, why aren?t more of us sitting in the board room...

Each year, as many as 35,000 people gather in Cook County to run the Chicago Marathon, inarguably one of America’s great races. Records are broken and heroes, men and women, usually from Ethiopia or Kenya, walk away with $100,000, with considerably m...

Venture-backed companies including women executives have a greater chance of success, reports a new Dow Jones study.