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Investor Advocacy: Leveraging Proxy Votes for Gender Equity

Learn more about how you can advocate for gender equity by leveraging the power of proxy votes

Gender lens investing is an exciting and emerging topic—from public sector to investment groups to large corporations. At our 2011 Annual Conference WFN hosted the panel Investing with a Gender Lens: How We Can Use Our Dollars to Drive Positive Change. Due to the overwhelming interest from women’s funds in continuing to explore this topic we are we are pleased to offer an informational webinar, “Investor Advocacy: Leveraging Proxy Votes for Gender Equity,” in partnership with the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania.

Speakers:

Topics Include:

  • The struggle for gender equity on corporate boards and in executive positions;
  • How change is happening in Europe and the U.S.;
  • The role proxy votes can play as a tool for change;
  • What women's funds can do, examples from the field on leveraging proxy votes; and
    • Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania
    • Women's Foundation of Rhode Island
  • Tools you can take away to replicate efforts in your state. 

Resources:

PowerPoint presentation

Webinar recording

Women's eNews article on the power of gender lens investing and proxy voting to get more women on corporate boards (2011)

Boston Club report on women on boards

ION action toolkit to increase women in leadership

ION report

White paper on women and corporate boards (2006)

Huffington Post article on women and corporate boards (2011)

Press releases on Pennsylvania proxy actions

PAX World Investments statement on investor advocacy

Press release from Pax World Investments on gender proxy voting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-eds by Heather Arnet, Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania:

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