Gender-Related Distribution of Federation Professional Positions in 2005
by Professor Steven M. Cohen
Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community (AWP) and United Jewish Communities (UJC), May 25, 2006.
This study, part of AWP's and UJC's commitment to monitoring the status of women professionals in the federation system, found few variations between 2004 and 2005. Women registered small gains in all positions other than chief executive.
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Good Business: A Best Practices Guide to Retaining and Advancing Women in Jewish Communal Service
by Sulam: A Career Ladder for Women in Jewish Communal Service
A Project of the Jewish Communal Professionals of Chicago, Spring 2005.
Concrete recommendations intended to help Jewish communal professionals maintain and improve job peformance, stay in their current positions for longer, and increase job satisfaction.
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Listen to Her Voice: The Ma'yan Report: Assessing the Experiences of Women in the Jewish Community and their Relationships to Feminism
by Tamara Cohen, Rabbi Jill Hammer, and Rabbi Rona Shapiro
Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project, January 2005.
What does it mean to be a Jewish feminist? What does it mean to be a Jewish woman? Ma'yan's in-depth study gauges the effects, successes, challenges, and unfinished work of American Jewish feminism.
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Nepotism and Sexism in Peer-Review
by Christine Wenneras and Agnes Wold
Nature, Nature Publishing Group, May 22, 1997.
In this first ever analysis of "secret" peer-review scores for postdoctoral  fellowships, scholars Wenneras and Wold found that peer reviewers were unable to judge scientific merit independent of gender.
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Power & Parity - Women on the Boards of Major Jewish Organizations: A Ma'yan Report
by Dr. Bethamie Horowitz, Dr. Pearl Beck, and Dr. Charles Kadushin
Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project, January 1998.
Study finds that the boards of national Jewish organizations are failing to harness the talents of women as board members and presidents, and that most boards do not recognize gender balance as an important goal.
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Report of the Hillel Task Force on Balancing Professional and Personal Lives
by Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community (AWP)
and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, November 2002.
Task force report on work-life balance identifies root causes and recommends strategies, including linking initiatives to promote gender equity with programs that enhance organizational capacity.
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The Benefits of Flexible Work Arrangements: A Report Prepared for JBFCS
by Didi Goldenhar
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (JBFCS) and Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community (AWP), April 2003.
The internal report offers qualitative and quantitative data on the benefits of flexible work arrangements.
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The Jewish Sector's Workforce: Report of a Six-Community Study
by Shaul Kelner, Ph.D., Michael Rabkin, Leonard Saxe, Ph.D., and Carl Sheingold, Ph.D.
Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Fisher-Bernstein Institute for Leadership Development in Jewish Philanthropy Brandeis University, May 2005.
A major study of Jewish communal professionals finds that mentoring programs, family-friendly policies and eliminating gender bias would improve recruitment and retention.
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Times are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home
by Ellen Galinsky, Kirsten Aumann, and James T. Bond
Families and Work Institute, 2009.
A major study of men and women in their 20's reveals that women have the same desire as men for jobs with more responsibility.
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When Work Works: A Status Report on Workplace Flexibility
by Ellen Galinsky, James T. Bond, and E. Jeffrey Hill
Families and Work Institute, 2004.
A status report on workplace flexibility: who has it, who wants it, what difference does it make.
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