Women
Where have all the women gone?
Number of women working at central banks has increased substantially, but glass ceiling appears to remain for those reaching for senior management positions
Fed’s Brainard says US is ‘falling short’ in diversifying economics
Federal Reserve Board governor highlights the benefits of diversifying the economics profession
UK elects first woman to chair Treasury Select Committee
Nicky Morgan to take over from influential chair Andrew Tyrie, who stepped down this year
Deregulation aided women entering US labour force – paper
ECB paper finds opening up the credit market helped reduce the gender gap in the labour force
UK audit office praises most of BoE’s ‘One Bank’ strategy
Report says Bank of England has been broadly successful in its transformation
Increasing female participation in workforce will help US growth – Yellen
Fed chair examines barriers women still face when entering the workforce
Women on policy boards support prudent decision-making – research
Paper examines the impact of women on monetary policy decision making
Lack of diversity is holding Fed back, says San Francisco president
Critics have given the central bank a needed ‘kick in the pants’ – Williams
Fischer: economics needs more diversity
Fed vice-chair says economics would benefit from more ethnic and gender diversity
BoE shines light on its gender pay gap
Men are still paid more than women at the central bank, though the gap is narrowing
IMF executive board calls for greater gender equality among directors
Fund executive board encourages members to consider gender diversity when nominating directors
EBA says number of women in senior positions at European banks is ‘very low’
Banks with major cross-border interests lack geographical diversity, EBA says
Yellen pushing for diversity at Fed and beyond
Fed chair expresses concern at uneven distribution of job gains in US
Zimbabwe central bank calls for flexibility on SME credit
Banks should adopt new lending frameworks that provide more supports to SMEs; women, young people, rural population most at risk from financial exclusion
Canadian public put forward women for spot on new banknote
Bank of Canada to launch new polymer banknote in 2018 featuring an “iconic” Canadian womann ‘iconic’ Canadian woman
Report finds 11% of Rwandans remain financially excluded
Share of population excluded falls from 28% to 11% between 2012 and 2015
Central Bank of Iceland hails successful year
Annual report for 2014 details successful policy mix and return to profit
Bahrain governor launches campaign for women bankers
Rasheed Al Maraj calls on industry to appoint more women
Lagarde says financial inclusion has key role in closing gender inequality gap
Women face extra hurdles in tapping into financial services, IMF chief says
Bank of Korea slowly tackling gender imbalance
Number of women hired is rising, but nearly all senior posts held by men
Colombian paper examines women in the workplace
Researchers say the large increase in the number of urban women participating in the workforce is predominantly a result of married women with low education levels getting jobs
ECB’s Asmussen demands gender diversity
Executive board member Jörg Asmussen says he is ‘deeply convinced’ of the need for greater gender diversity in the financial industry, and the benefit to both men and women
Central bankers divided over quota for female staff
Participants in a CentralBanking.com poll say that central banks should make efforts to increase the proportion of women in senior positions; split over whether this should be achieved through quota
Bank of Italy paper finds women directors improve bank governance
Researchers find that women on bank boards tend to reduce the riskiness of investments, which they say is potentially both an argument for greater gender balance and a factor behind discrimination