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Women on Board. The Norwegian Experience (Das norwegische Experiment – eine Frauenquote für Aufsichtsräte)
Bonn: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (2010)
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Gender Quotas in Boards of Large Joint Stock Companies. Democr...
Norway was the first country to introduce a quota for women on company boards. Since its introduction in 2003, the number of »women on board« has reached 40 per cent as required by law. While initially, other Euro¬pean countries might have shrugged off this policy as yet another progressive and inclusive Scandinavian initiative, the Norwegian experience has since sparked off a Eu¬rope-wide debate about quotas and women in leading positions. Many countries have started discussing quotas nationally; and European Commissioner Viviane Reding has signalled that the EU could also address the issue. The report focuses on how the quota came into being, why it was successful and which changes it has set in motion.