<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Catalyst in the News</title><link>http://www.catalyst.org/</link><description>This feature gathers from major media outlets the articles, editorials, and broadcasts that reference Catalyst, our work, or our people.</description><item><title>Gender Equity</title><link>http://www.cbc.ca/video/popup_audio.html?http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/toronto/ondemand/audio/mar08wc_TOR.wma</link><description>In an interview with Metro Morning, Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, says one Catalyst study shows women MBAs trail male counterparts in pay and position, whereas another finds Canadian women occupy a scant 14 percent of FP500 board seats. (Audio)  </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>New SEC Rules, Study Raise Diversity Issues</title><link>http://www.directorship.com/diverse-board/</link><description>Catalyst Vice President, Executive Leadership Initiatives, Deborah M. Soon, is quoted in an article about the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to instill changes to proxy disclosure rules to include a focus on diversity.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Awareness Rises, but Women Still Lag in Pay</title><link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/business/global/08manage.html?dbk</link><description>An article on a World Economic Forum study finding that corporate women lag men in pay and advancement references Catalyst research showing the same for women and men holders of the MBA degree. </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Too few women in Canada's boardrooms: study</title><link>http://www.advisor.ca/advisors/news/industrynews/article.jsp?content=20100304_123616_7364</link><description>This news report on Catalyst's 2009 Canadian Census showing only an slight increase in the percentage of women on Financial Post 500 boards quotes Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, on the need to look beyond the CEO pool for candidates. </description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Dirth of Women Board Members</title><link>http://watch.bnn.ca/market-morning/march-2010/market-morning-march-4-2010/#clip272349</link><description>In an interview with Market Morning, Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, bemoans the derth of women on Canadian boards, as docomented in the latest Catalyst Census, and argues for considering corporate officers as well as CEOs. (Video)</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Boardroom door cracks open</title><link>http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2634810</link><description>Several Canadian newspapers published this wire service look at Catatlyst's 2009 Canadian Census showing that few women occupy board seats in Financial Post 500, with more than 40 percent of the companies having no women directors.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Women vastly underrepresented in corporate Canada's boardrooms: study</title><link>http://www.investmentexecutive.com/client/en/News/DetailNews.asp?Id=52653&amp;cat=147&amp;IdSection=147&amp;PageMem=&amp;nbNews=&amp;IdPub</link><description>A Canadian newspaper for financial advisors reports on Catalyst's 2009 Census showing a barely perceptible rise in the percentage of women board directors of the Finanical Post 500 within the past two years.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Catalyst: Women MBAs Lag Behind Men in Jobs, Pay, Promotions</title><link>http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/blogs/mba_admissions/archives/2010/03/tktktk_1.html</link><description>The author pondering the results of a Catalyst study of women and men MBAs expresses surprise in the pay gap between the sexes in this group of "'high potentials' who are virtually identical except for gender."</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 10 College Majors For Women</title><link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/02/top-10-college-majors-women-forbes-woman-leadership-education.html?boxes=financechannelforbes</link><description>A Catalyst study finding disparities in pay, position, and promotion between women and men MBAs is referenced in this piece documenting that business ranks first among majors for women and men.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Women in Management: Delusions of Progress</title><link>http://hbr.org/2010/03/women-in-management-delusions-of-progress/ar/1</link><description>The Catalyst researchers draw from the second report in a longitunidinal study of MBAs from premier business schools to conclude that women lag men in compensation, advancement, and career satisfaction despite the degree.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>