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International Women’s Day 2016

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day dedicated by the UN to celebrate women; IWD has been celebrated on March 8 in the US since 1909 and Internationally since 1911. Globally, we have come a long way since the early 1900s, but there is still more to do. This year, Deloitte will celebrate International Women’s Day by acknowledging the achievements of women across the world, and encouraging further advancement of women in all walks of life through a video we compiled of our member firm practitioners across the globe who are committed to these efforts.

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International Women’s Day 2015

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day dedicated by the UN to celebrate women; IWD is celebrated on March 8 in the US since 1909 and internationally since 1911. In 2009, Deloitte introduced our own global approach to celebrate IWD with employees and clients consisting of a global webcast, toolkit, website, and communications prior and post the event. Participation has grown to 1000 people (live and on-demand) from 42 countries and member firms are incorporating the webcast into local events. In 2015, Deloitte hosted its seventh IWD webcast which was also our second live event.

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International Women’s Day 2014

Traditional approaches to diversity are getting women in the door, but not advancing sufficient women to leadership. What is often forgotten when discussing women’s empowerment is the role of men. Most leadership positions are held by men, and unless they accept the business case for the recruitment and advancement of women to executive positions, little is likely to change.

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International Women’s Day 2013

Despite decades of increased focus on gender diversity, only 4.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEO's are women. Globally, only 10.5 percent of board members are women. What is missing from strategies to empower and advance women leadership? Many experts contend it is inclusion.

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