GTWN and the European Business Schools/Women on Board Initiative announce Global Board Ready Women (GRBW) Searchable Data Base with LinkedIn, FT Non-Executive Directors' Club and Board-Ex Press Release 12 DECEMBER 2012 GTWN and the European Business Schools/Women on Board Initiative announce Global Board Ready Women (GRBW) Searchable Data Base" Viviane Reding's "Shattering myths and glass ceilings: launch of database of 'Global Board Ready Women'" List of 8000 Board Ready Women - Where they came from " Press Releases and Quotes from our partners and Business Schools and their Alumnae" , WCD,and Sabanci University [...]

26 April 2012: The Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN) launches STAR 1 to enable girls and young women to use computer technology to better their lives. Press Release 26 APRIL 2012 Download the Press Release The Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN) launches STAR 1 to enable girls and young women to use computer technology to better their lives. First partners are the Raspberry Pi Foundation, International Education Association, Aramex and Ruwwad for Development Founder Fadi Ghandour, and Wireless Wings 26 April, International Girls in ICT Day: The GTWN, a senior executive network dedicated to [...]

26 April 2012, Sydney: GTWN event in Sydney to mark Girls in ICT Day 26 April 2012, Sydney: To celebrate International Girls in ICT Day on Thursday 26 April, members of the Global Telecom Women’s Network (GTWN) will meet in Sydney to discuss how to attract young women into the ICT sector. Kate McKenzie, Group Managing Director, Telstra Innovation, Products and Marketing said that as the numbers of young people, and in particular young women, choosing to study science related disciplines continues to decline, the industry faces a potential skills shortage. “This is an issue which is [...]

"European Business Schools and Senior Women Executives Publish First List of 3500 Board-Ready Women ” Group hails European Commission Vice President Reding’s call to shatter Glass Ceiling in Europe’s Board Rooms and improve corporate governance for 21st Century Europe   07 March 2012:  The European Business Schools/Women on Board initiative has published a first list of more than 3500 board-ready women to bring Europe into the 21st Century and support European Commission Vice President Reding’s initiative to shatter the glass ceiling for women in Europe’s publicly listed corporation’s board rooms. The list includes individual profiles of 150 senior executive women who [...]

Call to Action to shatter glass ceiling Role of European business schools to reach equality in Europe’s boardrooms INTRODUCTION European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding furthered her initiative to obtain more gender balance in European boardrooms by joining together with Europe’s leading business schools and the female board members within their eco-systems to support their launch of a “Call to Action” to shatter the glass ceilings impeding senior women executives from acceding to corporate boardroom seats throughout Europe. BUSINESS SCHOOLS HOLD ONE OF THE KEYS Business schools hold one of the keys to obtaining more women in the corporate boardrooms of Europe [...]