LedBetter Gender Equality Index

LedBetter Gender Equality Index

Jun 15, 2016 | Data, Leadership

 

LedBetter is a research group that runs a database and application showcasing the number of women in leadership at the world’s top consumer brands and companies. Its mission is to empower and educate consumers, policymakers, leaders, journalists and others about the companies they support and cover, and improve the public’s understanding of which companies promote gender equality in leadership — and which do not.

OUR MISSION

LedBetter is a research group that runs a database and application showcasing the number of women in leadership at the world’s top consumer brands and companies. Its mission is to empower and educate consumers, policymakers, leaders, journalists and others about the companies they support and cover, and improve the public’s understanding of which companies promote gender equality in leadership — and which do not.

LedBetter was founded by journalist Iris Kuo and marketing leader Camille Ricketts in 2013, and received a grant from the International Women’s Media Foundation Howard G. Buffett Fund in 2015. It formally launched the LedBetter Index, Database and Application in June 2016.

LedBetter is largely a volunteer-run project.

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Closing the Gender Data Gap: How Efforts to Collect Data About Women and Girls Drive Global Economic and Social Progress

Closing the Gender Data Gap: How Efforts to Collect Data About Women and Girls Drive Global Economic and Social Progress

Jun 14, 2016 | Data

“Data powers today’s world, informing decisions about everything from business and government to health care and education. For women and girls, however, basic information about their lives — the work they do, the challenges they face, even the very fact of their existence — is lacking.

The data gap often starts early. Barriers to birth registrations can impede mobility later, as well as access to health care and other essential services for mothers and children. The gap continues with male-biased surveys that fail to capture women’s perspectives, their needs and their economic value.

“When we don’t count women or girls, they literally become invisible,” says Sarah Hendriks, director of gender equality at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.”

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