Isn't it amazing how this report came out a week ago yet all we hear about is her email story??? Her campaign is in flames!!! TM




By Jena McGregor March 9, 2015

More than a year ago, Hillary Clinton announced her plans for an initiative aimed at calling global attention to the inequities women face and measuring the progress they have made in the 20 years since she famously said "women's rights are human rights" at the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.

And on Monday, Clinton finally released the long-awaited report, together with her daughter Chelsea Clinton, Gates Foundation Co-Chair Melinda Gates, as well as an all-star cast of female leaders ranging from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who joined by teleconference. The event was intended to be a major moment for the all-but-certain 2016 candidate, but has been overshadowed by controversies surrounding Clinton's use of private e-mail during her time as Secretary of State and donations from foreign governments accepted by her foundation.

The report addresses issues ranging from female literacy to paid maternity leave to equal pay, looking at how far the world has come in these areas over the past 20 years. And of course--especially given the political aspirations of its sponsor and the name of the report--it examines how much has changed for women in the area of leadership, both in public life and in the private sector.

So what does it actually tell us about the status of women in leadership roles? Predictably--and understandably--it says the change in the area of women's leadership has been far too slow. In the section near the end of the report about how women are faring in executive suites and government leadership roles, much of the data was collected from prior research. As a result, many of the data points--such as that women occupy just under 5 percent of CEO jobs at Fortune 500 companies in 2014--won't be very surprising to anyone.

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