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Women in the Profession

A diverse profession is a sustainable profession. The AICPA, led by its Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee (WIEC), is committed to the retention and advancement of women in accounting.
Gender Issues and Business Case
As outlined by these statistics, the profession has been struggling with the retention and advancement of women.
Our Action: Educating, Advocating, Advancing
The Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee (WIEC) is committed to the attraction and retention of women.
Our Committee members
The WIEC consists of 13 volunteers, women and men, who work with and in the CPA profession in a variety of ways.

Spotlight

The Attraction, Retention & Advancement of Women
This report outlines the business case for women's programs, barriers and success factors, as well as strategies organizations can employ to retain and advance more women into leadership.
CPE & Upcoming Events
View our 2012 archived webinars. And come back soon for our 2013 calendar of Women’s Initiatives web seminars and live events.
Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee: Educating, Advocating, Advancing
This brochure introduces the Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee (WIEC) and outlines its mission, action and focus on Educating, Advocating and Advancing Women in the Accounting Profession.
Women to Watch
The AICPA’s Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee has partnered with several states CPA societies to honor outstanding women in the profession through the Woman to Watch awards.

Women in the Profession Resources
We offer guides on mentoring and employee retention, along with research and other materials to promote women in the profession.

What Can You Do?
We need our members and readers to act locally, share their stories, and register for events.

Women in the Profession on LinkedIn 

This group offers networking opportunities, on-going interaction with role models, and advice for building additional skills in areas such as business development, networking, and career management.

Join our Women in the Profession Group on LinkedIn

AICPA TV 

AICPA Women’s Global Leadership Summit 
October 24 and 25, 2013
JW Marriot, Washington, D.C. 
 
The AICPA Women’s Leadership Summit is designed to help women build skills in business development, mentoring, networking and client service and allow them to exchange ideas with established senior women executives and other promising female professionals. Register now to take advantage of early bird savings!

More on AICPA TV

WIEC Research Grants 

The Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee of the AICPA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 research grant program.  The funded projects are:

  • Female CFOs, financial reporting quality, and market perceptions
    Co-authors: Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan , Qiang Wu
  • A longitudinal study of gender differences in role stressors, burnout and job outcomes in public accounting professionals
    Co-authors: Ambrose Jones, III, Cynthia P. Guthrie, Terry Ackerman

Congratulations to our grant recipients!

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