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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10414
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/women

In favour of quotas for women in boardrooms

Brussels, 07/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - In 2015 women should represent 30% of senior managers in the largest European companies quoted on the stock exchange and 40% by 2020. Currently, they represent 10% of directors and just 3% of them are CEOs of the said companies. If voluntary measures fail to increase the number of women in decision-making posts, there will be EU legislation in the matter. Furthermore, studies have shown that a significant representation of women in director-level...

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