Equality Matters
$1.75 trillion
economic opportunity to US GDP by 2025if we reach gender equality.
When ranked by the number of women directors on their boards, Fortune 500 companies in the highest quartile report a 42% higher return os sales and a 53% higher return on equity than the remaining companies.
16%: The average ROE (return on equality) scored by companies with female board representation, which is four percentage points higher than companies with no women on their boards
When the proportion of a company’s female managers rises above this percentage, the company's innovation revenue increases
A study of over 900 companies shows that organizations with three or more woman in senior management roles score higher in all dimensions of organizational effectiveness
Cognitive diversity is the idea that everyone brings something unique to the table, and that this inclusive heterogeneity is essential to problem solving? meeting business objectives? and innovation.
The uplift that employees who feel that their organization is committed to diversity and inclusion report in their ability to innovate
217
the number of years itwill take to close the
gender pay gap.
49
The US's world rankingin gender equality
(down from 23rd out of
144 in 2006)
Diversity is where it all begins. You cannot possibly win in business today without a talented diverse team."
- Ross Martin, Blackbird Global, a marketing and business innovation agency
First International Women’s Day celebrated
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote
The Equal Pay Act is signed into law, protecting men and women from sex-based wage discrimination
Katherine Graham of the Washington Post Co. becomes the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
The Pregnancy and Discrimination Act is passed to prohibit discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions.
Gender Equity in Education Act establishes programs to train teachers to treat boys and girls equally
UN Women is formed to further empowerment of women and girls and to advocate for gender equality
GERMANY passes law setting gender quotas in boardrooms. The country requires that companies give 30% of supervisory seats to women.
The White House Council on Women and Girls Hosts the ‘United States of Women’ summit to push for gender equality, with $50 million in commitments. More than two dozen companies pledge to continue to close gender pay gap
Women's March on Washington drew at least 500,000 people to the streets of D.C., and over five million people worldwide.
Women in Hollywood launch the #TimesUp legal defense fund post #MeToo to help women across the world of work report sexual harassment.
Rewriting the Rules
The Female Quotient’s publication, Modern Guide to Equality, provides forward-thinking companies with an actionable toolkit to accelerate change in the workplace, and includes insights on how the youngest generation is shifting leadership values and workplace culture.
Together with our partners, Atlantic Media Strategies and Catalyst, we are addressing the problem holistically, combining research, workplace trends and interviews with industry leaders to develop next-step solutions for change.
We are bringing this toolkit to life through culture bootcamps that help companies go beyond admiring the problem to walking the talk.