Women of Color
Research shows that women of color—Asian, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and multiracial—experience exclusion, discrimination, and bias within the workplace. Too few women of color are represented on corporate boards, and many experience an emotional tax at work. These Catalyst resources include research and actions you can take to address these obstacles and make your workplace more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
Results
Empowering Workplaces Combat Emotional Tax for People of Colour in Canada (Report)
Learn about the experience of Emotional Tax by women of colour in Canada and the effects of empowering workplaces.
7 Things You Can Do to Recruit Women of Color (Blog Post)
Bias is baked into many organizations' hiring practices. Here's how to change that so you recruit and hire more black women and other women of color.
Silence Breaker: My Path to Speaking Out as a Woman of Colour (Blog Post)
Concluding Black History Month, Catalyst's Alicia Sullivan on how she went from studying by oil lamp to lecturing the C-suite.
Missing Pieces: The 2018 Board Diversity Census of Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards (Report)
This multi-year study provides powerful metrics on the number of women and people of color in top US boardrooms.
San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor Raises Hope For Inclusion Across America (Blog Post)
The city of San Francisco recently made history. It has elected its first Black woman mayor, London Breed. She won in a special election called after the late Mayor Ed Lee died suddenly of a heart attack late in 2017.
Catalyst’s CEO Sounds Off About Emotional Tax (Blog Post)
Imagine waking up every day knowing that when you leave your home, you’ll likely be greeted with a multitude of insults because of your skin color, nationality, religious affiliation, or other defining characteristics.
Day-to-Day Experiences of Emotional Tax Among Women and Men of Color in the Workplace (Webinar Recording)
Listen to this webinar recording to hear the findings from the new report, Day-to-Day Experiences of Emotional Tax Among Women and Men of Color in the Workplace.
Racial and Gender Bias at Work Harmful for Women of Color and their Health (Media Release)
Catalyst's February 2018 report "Day-to-Day Experiences of Emotional Tax Among Women and Men of Color in the Workplace," finds that a majority of women of color experience an “Emotional Tax” in US workplaces affecting their overall health, well-being, and ability to thrive.
Day-to-Day Experiences of Emotional Tax Among Women and Men of Color in the Workplace (Report)
Learn what Emotional Tax is and how it affects both employees of color and organizations.
Sexual Harassment and Women of Color (Blog Post)
Women of color experience both racialized and sexualized harassment and assault, stemming from the historical context of their experiences.
No, Black Women Still Don’t Earn The Same As Their White Peers. Here’s Why. (Blog Post)
The gender pay gap is partly a result of systemic barriers and biases—not because of skills and qualifications.
Missing Pieces: The 2016 Board Diversity Census of Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards (Report)
Find out how many women and people of color sat on US boards in 2016.
Emotional Tax: How Black Women and Men Pay More at Work and How Leaders Can Take Action (Report)
Emotional Tax is the experience of being different from peers because of your gender/race/ethnicity and the associated detrimental effects
Catalyst’s Women Of Color Summit: A New Course Of Action (Blog Post)
Women in the workplace are often confronted with obstacles that impede their advancement to leadership positions. For women of color, visible minority women, and indigenous women, these obstacles are affected by the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, and gender.
Women of Color Remain Severely Underrepresented in U.S. Workforce and on Boards (Media Release)
Recent data from Catalyst shows that women of color make up only 16.5% of the S&P 500 labor force. And as job level increases, the number of women of color decreases drastically—especially at the executive and C-suite levels. As a call to action, Catalyst will host the Women of Color Summit, gathering global experts to provide fresh thinking and spark change for women of color.
What Is Covering? (Infographic)
People often "cover" stigmatized parts of their identity to fit in. Learn how it affects their sense of self.
Goldman Sachs – Fostering Trusting Relationships and Investing in the Pipeline: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Developing Diverse Talent (Practices)
Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is a career management program designed to enhance the progression and retention of strong-performing black and…
2013 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors (Report)
Once again there's been little to no increase for women on boards in corporate America.
Missing Pieces: Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards—2012 Alliance for Board Diversity Census (Report)
Census compiled by the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD), a collaboration of five leading organizations.
Optimizing Mentoring Programs for Women of Color (Tool)
This tool provides assistance in developing new or refocusing existing mentoring programs on diverse women.