The Anti-DEI Crusade Hasn’t Stopped Women Leaders: Beth Kowitt

Progress for female executives has always been so slow and plodding that every milestone, no matter how seemingly small or insignificant, gets celebrated.

But recently, sounding the alarm for women in corporate America has supplanted cheering the wins. And no wonder — a growing list of data points signal that the right’s attack on DEI is chipping away at women’s progress toward the boardroom and corner office:

The percentage of women being appointed to boards has declined for the last two years. It will now take even longer for women to reach parity in the C-suite than was previously estimated. Boards increasingly want a female executive who has ...