Research on Women of Color at Work

In “Advancing All Women,” NEW offers insights into ways white women and women of color differ in their perception of and experiences at work.

This ground-breaking research hands top leaders approaches and best practices to advance and retain black professionals. By absorbing and acting on this research, employers can create transformative solutions that will generate meaningful change.

This ground-breaking research hands top leaders approaches and best practices to advance and retain black professionals. By absorbing and acting on this research, employers can create transformative solutions that will generate meaningful change.

This list is based on more than 250 questions on representation; hiring, attrition and promotion rates; recruitment, retention and advancement programs; and company culture.

This study reveals that black women are more likely than white women to perceive a powerful position as the means to achieving their professional goals and are confident that they can succeed in the role.

This report examines the Emotional Tax levied on Asian, Black, Latinx, and multiracial professionals in the United States as they aspire to advance and contribute to their organizations, including consciously preparing to deal with potential bias or discrimination.

This report uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as focus groups and interviews, to highlight multicultural women’s frustrations, ambitions, successes and reasons for leaving.

Through focus groups where women were encouraged to tell their stories, the Network of Executive Women dove into the issues that make Latinas’ employee experience so different from the mainstream.

This study offers empirical data and thoughtful discussion about what it means to be a woman lawyer of color — the general experience of practicing law; how work, family, and personal dynamics influence career trajectories; the barriers that women of color confront not simply on…

This report is the result of a groundbreaking philanthropic venture between NPower and Citi Foundation to delve into the societal, educational, economic and cultural barriers limiting young women of color from pursuing and thriving in careers in tech.

This Working Mother Research Institute project takes a comprehensive look at the experiences of women—and men—at all levels of corporations to ascertain what perceptions and realities are keeping them out of the highest ranks and to offer real solutions to close the gap.

This report offers a detailed look at the barriers holding Black women back at work. It also outlines specific steps companies should take to make sure Black women are treated fairly and given equal opportunities to learn, grow, and lead.

Barriers and Bias: The Status of Women in Leadership delves into the reasons for male-female leadership gaps and proposes concrete steps for narrowing and, ultimately, eliminating them.

Learnings from this research help guide organizations in the steps they must take to successfully institutionalize the policies, practices and programs that will help ensure equality of opportunity, experience and pay — and ultimately nurture an inclusive culture.

Women in the Workplace is the largest comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. These findings build on data from the last four years, as well as similar research conducted by McKinsey & Company in 2012.

Women in the Workplace is the largest comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. These findings build on data from the last four years, as well as similar research conducted by McKinsey & Company in 2012.

These findings focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion on the experiences of women and the state of work more broadly.

This study, a joint venture between the National Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers, was developed to gain a better understanding of the experiences of women of color in the early stages of their engineering career.

This report applies an intersectional analysis to examine the impact of both race and gender on the aspirations, experiences, and career advancement of women of color working in the nonprofit sector.