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INDUSTRY PRACTICE Advocacy for the Advancement of Women in Food Service The advancement and empowerment of women in the corporate world is still a major concern today. Working women face a variety of labor market challenges and opportunities. One of the signs that things are changing is the formation of many support groups and research/educational centers. The Institute for Women and Work (IWW) at Cornell University, for example, is "an applied research and educational resource center, which provides a forum for examining and evaluating the forces that affect women and work."1 It offers "expert training, hosts seminars, and creates connections among workers, advocates, employers, students, academics, and others who share a concern about women's role in the workplace."2 With offices in New York City, Ithaca, and Washington, D.C. and through its roundtable sessions and research conferences, IWW has the opportunity to influence public policy. In the hospitality industry, similar groups have been formed to support the well-being and advancement of women in industry. One such group, the Women's Foodservice Forum (WFF), was created in 1989 to "promote leadership development and career advancement of executive women for the benefit of the food service industry."3 Since its inception, WFF's membership has grown to more than 2,200 members. This membership reflects all segments of the industry: restaurant operations, manufacturing, distribution, publishing, and consulting. Such highly visible companies as Darden, Luby's, McDonald's, and Pizza Hut are represented on the WFF board of directors. The group helps to build leadership abilities in women through a variety of activities. Among other things, the WFF sponsors a mentor program, hosts an annual leadership conference, hosts keynote speakers and regional networking events, publishes a newsletter, provides scholarships, and commissions research studies on issues affecting women . WFF has also conducted longitudinal research since late 2001 with the Top 100 Foodservice Operators, the Top 100 Foodservice Manufacturers, and the Top 50 Distributors in the U.S. Foodservice Market. These studies have been conducted to record the progress of female executives in the food service industry. Among the key findings are that women occupy only 10 percent of board of director positions and 12 percent of C-level positions (e.g., chief executive officer [CEO]) in the companies surveyed. The research also suggests that it is two to three times more likely for a woman to hold an executive staff position such as Marketing, Finance, or Human Resources than it is for a woman to hold an executiveline position in operations. Based on the results of this research, as well as other anecdotal evidence, the hospitality industry can be a challenging environment for women intending to move up the career ladder. Nevertheless, the findings also proposed what may seem to be an opportunity for best practice in the industry: The companies with better-than-average profiles of gender equity have two commonalities in their best practices: (1) their CEO is on public record in support of gender equity and the development of women in the executive career path and (2) the company integrates support of gender diversity into other training. Accordingly, encouraging these practices in the industry is likely to assist the empowerment and advancement of women. Advocacy for the Advancement of Women in Food Servicel The research has indicated that there is much room for improvement in order for women to advance to the highest job titles in the hospitality industry as well as in many other industries. The continuous role of these advocacy groups is to persevere toward eliminating the barriers to women's advancement. ANSWER THE QUESTION 1. How women can be advanced in food Service Sector