Portraits in Allyship
Male allyship is critical in the evolution of gender equality programs in the workplace. Indeed, when men are included in gender equality programs, 96% of organizations see progress — compared to only 30% of organizations when men are not engaged, according to the Harvard Business Review.
Allyship Studies and Responses
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Listen to the inaugural episode of “The Make Allies Podcast” with Fumnanya I. Ekhator. -
Women’s Leadership, created by Thomson Reuters Legal and the Legal Executive Institute to address structural barriers and creating cultural change needed at the organizational level for women to succeed and advance in the legal industry. -
Male allyship is critical in the evolution of gender equality programs in the workplace. Indeed, when men are included in gender equality programs, 96% of organizations see progress — compared to only 30% of organizations when men are not engaged, according to the Harvard Business Review. -
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm, Thomson Reuters will hold a program featuring a discussion on the ‘first of its kind’, ground-breaking research collaboration between Thomson Reuters and University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School.
“Men—I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.” - Emma Watson
Our groundbreaking research on male allies is a call to action for male ally leaders to advance women’s leadership.
Male Allies
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Joshua Bixby
CEO of Fastly.com -
Steve Crown
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Human Rights, Microsoft -
Miguel de Serpa Soares
Under Secretary General and Chief Legal Counsel of the United Nations; hosts to the class on International Women’s Human Rights, 2019 and 2020 -
Suneel Gupta
Founder of RISE, Author of Backable -
David Hornik
“I think that anything we can do to give women a seat at the table and a voice in the conversation will profoundly benefit everyone.” -
René Lacerte
Fintech Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Bill.com -
Blake Lawit
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, LinkedIn -
Dr. Suku Nagendran
Board Member, Solid BioSciences; former Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President of AveXis, Inc.
Board Member, Solid BioSciences; former Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President of AveXis, Inc. -
Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan
M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Novartis -
Sanjay Sarma
Vice President, Open Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Timothy Wilkins
Global Partner for Client Sustainability -
Christopher Yoo
John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science; Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition -
Mitchell Zuklie
Chairman, Orrick
“Gender diversity in business is directly linked to increased creativity, collective intelligence and financial performance. … It’s no surprise then that many of our country’s most innovative companies are instituting new policies to invest in women leaders.”