Women hold less than 5% of CEO positions in the U.S. and Europe, according to Financial Times, and over 2 million women left the workforce in 2020. Many factors contribute to these realities, which ...

When I became CFO of a major holding company at 25, there was no “breakthrough” moment. I was just showing up as myself and ...

At the Democratic National Convention in August, Hillary Clinton alluded once again to that famed glass ceiling. You know, the one she hoped to triumphantly shatter through — pantsuit and all — during ...

Twenty years ago, when I first entered human resources in banking, it was believed with complete certainty that women would never be viewed as credible financial professionals in business development ...

A young female carpenter has opened up about the surprising realities of working in the male-dominated industry. At just 19, Bardie Somerville stood in the shoe department at Kmart, trying on men’s ...

What former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton described as the “highest and hardest glass ceiling” is as yet unbroken. No woman has ever been elected as president of the United States. In 1937, ...

Lois McClellan grew up in the segregated South in a family of domestic workers and laborers during the Great Depression. She became the first in her family to go beyond eighth grade and went on to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the ever-changing workforce and leadership. As a woman, do you ever wonder what it will take for you to be ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education.. As the saying goes, any girl could tell you about the latest trends in fashion, ...

Amid the tumult of early 2015 at the state Capitol, Andrea Stewart-Cousins saw her chance to make her mark. The first woman and first woman of color to lead a conference within the state Legislature ...

While this issue of Business Today celebrates the great strides that women have made in the workplace, make no mistake about it -- the glass ceiling still exists. The glass ceiling, of course, ...

With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. — Maya Angelou Despite the inroads generations before us have made, gender bias in the workplace is ...