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Only 30.6 percent of board members and just 8.5 percent of board chairs in the EU were women in October 2021 (Photo: ShellVacationsHospitality)

Boardroom equality rules advance, despite opposition

A 10-year deadlock on rules promoting equality in the boardroom for women was broken Monday (14 March) — with EU ministers finally agreeing a common position on a proposal to set minimum quota targets for female company directors.

The ministers set a minimum goal for at least 40 percent of non-executive company board members, or, alternatively, at least 33 percent for all board members, to be women by 2027.

The move paves the way for negotiations between the European Parliament a...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Only 30.6 percent of board members and just 8.5 percent of board chairs in the EU were women in October 2021 (Photo: ShellVacationsHospitality)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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