Positive measurement instrument aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender-balanced participation and representation by establishing a defined proportion (percentage) or number of places or seats to be filled by, or allocated to, women and/or men, generally under certain rules or criteria.
… Scheele delivered this keynote speech at the event "Gender diversity & leadership in the Nordics-Baltics", … balance in boardrooms, with the representation of either gender no lower than 40 %. But EU countries aren’t keen and … Because taking action works. Countries that have adopted quotas for gender balance on company boards have tripled the …
… Commission has proposed a European law for boosting gender balance in company board rooms," said Vice-President … the European Commission proposed legislation to improve gender balance on company boards based on merit and … the European Parliament has called for legally binding quotas at EU level in several Resolutions. A report by the …