Discussions on Non Profits>

Key Findings

• Women make up 45 percent of the CEO s at nonprofits but only 21 percent of the CEO s at nonprofits with budgets of $25 million or more.

• Though the vast majority of workers in the nonprofit sector (73 percent) are women, men still hold a majority of top leadership positions and receive significantly higher incomes.

Discussions on Military >

Key Findings

• Women make up 11 percent of all military officers.
• Women made up 14 percent of the ranks and 10 percent of the top three ranks in September 2008

Discussions on Sports >

Key Findings

• Women make up 48 percent of the athletes in Olympic competition
• Tennis is the one sport where women come closest to men in overall earning power.

Discussions on Film/TV >

Key Findings

• In film, women constitute 16 percent of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers.
• Among situation comedies, dramas and reality shows in the 2008-09 prime-time television season, women made up one-quarter of all creators, directors, executive producers and producers.

Discussions on Politics >

Key Findings

• Women make up only 17 percent of the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; no woman has ever been president or vice president.
• Women of color are completely absent from the Senate and account for only 5 percent in the House of Representatives.
• On a global scale, the U.S ranks 71st out of 189 countries in terms of the proportion of women in their national legislatures.

Discussions on Business >

Key Findings

• Among Fortune 500 companies, women constitute only 3 percent of the CEO s, 6 percent of the top paying positions and 16 percent of the corporate officers.
• Among Fortune 500 companies, women account for 15 percent of the board members; 13 percent of these companies have no women on their boards.
• The leadership pipeline exists – women make up 48 percent of the labor force and 51 percent of all management/administrative/professional positions – but progress beyond this point is stalled and has been for the past three years.

Profile on Lisa Stone > Profile on Nina Garcia > Profile on Lisa Ling >

Discussions on Journalism>

Key Findings

• Women account for 22 percent of the leadership positions in journalism—a composite of women newspaper publishers (18 percent), women news directors of radio stations (20 percent) and women news directors at television stations (28 percent).
• Although women have been the majority of college journalism majors since 1977, the average male to female ratio for bylines at 11 of the top political and intellectual magazines is 7:1.
• Of the top 15 media corporations (which include a mix of print, online, television and radio businesses), all CEO s are male and only 17 percent of board members are women.

Profile on Katherine Jefferts Schori > Profile on Alysa Stanton >

Discussions on Religion>

Key Findings

• Although women overall constitute a majority of churchgoers (60 percent), men continue to dominate leadership roles in the church and temple.
• On average, in Judeo-Christian faith traditions in the U.S., women currently make up only about 15 percent of Protestant clergy and rabbis.

Discussions on Non Profits>

Key Findings

• Women make up 45 percent of the CEO s at nonprofits but only 21 percent of the CEO s at nonprofits with budgets of $25 million or more.

• Though the vast majority of workers in the nonprofit sector (73 percent) are women, men still hold a majority of top leadership positions and receive significantly higher incomes.