THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT REPORT: Benchmarking Women's Leadership

Examines levels of women's leadership in ten major sectors: academia, business, film & television entertainment, journalism, law, military, nonprofit, politics, religion, and sports. Women receive the majority of all college degrees and are well represented in entry- and mid-level positions in most sectors of the economy. Large majorities of Americans are comfortable with women as top leaders in all sectors, yet women account for only 18 percent of our top leaders and make 78.7 cents to every dollar earned by a man, a wage gap that increases with age. This report seeks to address this contradiction and offer concrete, practical recommendations that involve specific accountability measures to track progress. Each of these sector-specific recommendations builds upon what is the key factor to achieving true transformation across all leadership fields: propelling a critical mass (at least one-third) of diverse women into leadership alongside men.