Download or read book Barriers to Nonprofit Leadership Faced by Women of Color written by Carol Tran and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women of color make up a significant number of women working in the nonprofit sector, accounting for almost 40% of female employees (Biu, 2019), yet their representation in nonprofit leadership positions over the years have been minimal (Biu, 2019). The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore the unique set of barriers women of color, working in human service organizations, face in their goals in obtaining leadership positions within the nonprofit sector. This study utilizes both a descriptive and exploratory design, starting with a survey to human service organizations in the Southern California region in hopes to identify the barriers to leadership, women of color believe they face in their aspirations to career advancement. In the second part of this study, semi-structured interviews with current nonprofit leaders who identify as a person of color, will be conducted to provide narrative accounts from of how current female leaders in the industry overcame such challenges - providing insight into how future nonprofit leaders who identify as women of color can navigate through systemic racial and gender barriers in the workplace. As nonprofits continue to grapple with the issue of leadership diversity within their organizations, this study hopes to highlight the distinct obstacles and perspectives of women of color needed to further goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the nonprofit sector.