Gender issues

A willingness to take chances helped take them to the top, female leaders in the profession say.

Forty-one members of the New Jersey Society of CPAs were highlighted for their "significant contributions in advancing the accounting profession."

The Top 100 Firm, based in Portland, Maine, announced that 29-year firm veteran Sarah Belliveau will serve as the next CEO and managing principal.

When you reopen your accounting firm, will the woman employees come back? Maybe not.

The pandemic has only heightened the profession's risk of losing women leaders.

The California Society of CPAs honored eight top female professionals across the state, from emerging to experienced leaders.

The Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance's annual poll, focusing this year on the "women's recession" of 2020, seeks input from firms on their internal female leadership and representation.

The profession is slowly becoming more diverse, but progress has been halting.

The client engagement solution provider's annual list recognizes professionals who are driving "advocacy, change and community."

Published by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, "Leading Inclusion: Simple Steps and Significant Leaps" details the successful journeys of women finance professionals globally.

The Association of International CPAs has shared a number of tips for firms to better support and advance female professionals.

The corporate finance and accounting area underperforms compared to other job functions when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion.

A new report from the IMA and CalCPA also found that 43 to 55 percent of female, nonwhite, and LGBTQIA respondents polled have left a U.S. accounting company due to a perceived lack of equitable treatment.

The International Federation of Accountants' latest publication discusses the importance of attracting and retaining people who embrace the profession's core components.

Twenty-five female accounting leaders were recognized during the AICPA’s Women’s Global Leadership Summit, held virtually this year.

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance announced the recipients of its 2020 Women Who Count Awards during its virtual Women Who Count Awards luncheon, held on Oct. 30.

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants will also hold its European and American events on the same day, Nov. 11, for the first time this year.

Take an inside look at the 10 most female-friendly workplaces in the accounting profession.

The annual Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance event will be held online from Oct. 28-30, 2020.