"Quotas only way to ’shatter the glass ceiling’ for women"
Euractiv.com, 24 September 2012
Boardroom quotas for women are the only option left to achieve gender balance, according to an equality campaign group. That view is not necessarily shared by lawmakers in the European Parliament, as the EU prepares to legislate on the matter.
The European Commission is preparing a new law to ensure women make up 40% of the boardroom in all EU countries by 2020.
The European Women’s Lobby backed the plans and said all EU member states should follow the example of the six European countries (...)
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