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Gender Quotas and the Boomerang Effect

Nuria Chinchilla Tue, Jun 23

The debate on the system of gender quotas for boards of directors is ongoing and although we should congratulate ourselves on some important advances, there is still a long way to go. I’m afraid the “coffee for all” approach often imposed in some countries, involving a mandatory percentage applicable to all companies in all sectors, […]

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Women Executives: Are we after quotas or business?

Nuria Chinchilla Wed, Feb 04

This past November, the lack of consensus in the European Council resulted in the rejection of the European directive that would have made it imperative to have 40% women in the non-executive boards of publicly traded companies. Commissioner Viviane Reding had spent over two years advocating this measure, which had already been approved by the […]

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