With Quotas,
Women Make Boardroom Gains in Europe
By
Veronica Smith |
AFP – Sun,
Nov 20, 2011
Women are beginning to crack
Europe's boardroom glass
ceilings thanks to government
quotas, while their advance in the
United States has nearly stalled, a
new study found.
The inclusion of more women in
boardrooms is crucial to boosting
financial performance and, in turn,
economic growth, the
Washington-based
Corporate Women Directors
International said.
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USA Today features
CWDI Chair
Irene Natividad's
op-ed:
Bloomberg Businessweek features CWDI
study on Women Leadership:
CWDI and Global Summit of Women
Open Istanbul Stock Exchange
May 4, 2011 |
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CWDI Chair and Global Summit of
Women President Irene Natividad in
front of the Big Board at Istanbul
Stock Exchange. |
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CWDI Opens Madrid Stock Exchange |
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Photo courtesy
of El Pais, 2/11/11 |
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To see
a video of the event,
click here. |
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PBS Program "To the Contrary" hosts
Quotas on Corporate Boards |
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Laura Brown, Political
Commentator; Victoria
DeFrancesco Soto, Director
of Communications, Latino
Decisions; Gretchen Hamel,
Executive Director, Public
Notice, and Irene Natividad, President of the
Global Summit of Women speak at the PBS Show "To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe"
about Quotas on Corporate Boards |
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Click
here to see the
video |
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2nd CWDI-IFC Roundtable on
Board Diversity
November 11, 2010
Washington, DC |
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Head of the IFC Women in
Business Program Zouera
Youssoufou, Treasurer of the
United States Rosie Rios,
Head of the IFC Corporate
Governance Unit Darren
Hartzler, and CWDI Chair
Irene Natividad at the
Roundtable |
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The 2nd
CWDI-IFC
Roundtable
on Board
Diversity
took place
at the
International
Finance
Corporation
(IFC) of the
World Bank
Group in
Washington,
DC |
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The Roundtable
brought together
corporate
executives, stock
exchange officers,
government
officials, human
rights
commissioners,
institutional
shareholders, board
directors and
researchers from
throughout the world
to look at recent
initiatives and
global research on
this issue. |
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To see what other Stock Market Exchanges
CWDI has opened,
click here.
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NOW AVAILABLE
2011 CWDI Report:
"Women
Board Directors of
Fortune Global
200" |
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European Quotas for Women Directors Help
Crack Boardroom Glass Ceilings
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2011
-- Women are cracking boardroom glass
ceilings all over
Europe, spurred on by new
quota requirements in many countries to
put women at the top, according to the
latest Corporate Women Directors
International study of women directors
in
Fortune Global 200 companies, the
biggest in the world.
“Something is
happening, and it’s driven by Europe,” said Irene Natividad, chair of the
Washington-based international research
group CWDI. “The momentum for more women
on boards will change the face of the
biggest companies in
Europe, in the midst of the
region’s ongoing financial crisis. They
are ahead of the ball game.”
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What companies lead
the list in percentage of women
directors?
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CWDI Report:
"Women
CEOs -
Opening Doors to Boards and
C-Suites" |
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Gail Kelly,
CEO, Westpac, Australia |
Andrea
Jung, CEO, Avon Products, USA |
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Marjorie
Scardino, CEO, Pearson PLC, UK |
Christine
Day, CEO, Lululemon, Canada |
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Does it Make a Difference if
a Woman is in Charge?
Click here for
details of CWDI Report
on Women CEOs |
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CWDI Report:
"Accelerating
Board Diversity Globally"
UPDATED
PRESENTATION
NOW AVAILABLE
Click Here to View |
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Irene Natividad speaking at
Harvard's Kennedy School on
"Accelerating Board Diversity" |
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CWDI's "2010
Report:
Accelerating
Board Diversity"
is the first global
picture of women's access to
board seats. |
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The report brings together for the first time
initiatives by governments,
corporate governance
commissions, researchers and
advocates from different parts of
the world in the effort to
increase the number of women
directors. |
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Irene
Natividad at the
European Parliament hearing on Women and Leadership |
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Ms. Natividad
testifying on the findings of
Accelerating Board Diversity |
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Included in the
Report are data on
the status of women directors in
51 countries from 26
separate sources, a compilation
of Business Case for
Diversity studies, and a
review of successful
strategies in increasing
the number of women on
boards globally. |
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Find out
what countries are doing
to increase the number
of women board directors
in their countries
Click here. |
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...the percentage of women board
directors of South African companies is
higher than US companies? |
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...a few Middle Eastern
countries outpace some Asian economies such as
Japan and South Korea in appointing women to
boards of directors? |
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To
compare the percentage of women directors in 51
countries, click here. |
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Business Case for Board
Diversity |
The business case for diversity
demonstrates a correlation between the
number of women on boards and firm
profitability.
The case has been made. |
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Studies conducted in various
countries over various time periods have
shown that the presence of women on
boards positively affects the company's
bottom line. |
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Women on Corporate Boards Globally |
Belgium, Malaysia
and Italy
Add to
Rising Quota Tide |
Belgium
Enacts
Quota Law |
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The Belgian Parliament has
approved a quota for Belgian
companies to have a minimum of
33% women on their corporate
boards. For more
information on
the Belgian quota
bill,
click here. |
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CWDI
Chair
Irene
Natividad
(middle)
meets
with
Belgian
Senator
Sabine
de
Bethune
(left)
and
Belgium's
Deputy
Prime
Minister
and
Minister
for
Employment
and
Equality
Joelle
Milquet
to
discuss
implementation
of
Belgian
quota
bill. |
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Malaysia
to
Ensure
Women
Hold 30%
Board
Seats |
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On June
27, the Government of Malaysia
approved the policy of ensuring
that 30% of women are at the
decision-making level in the
private
sector by 2016. |
Italy to
Ensure
Women
Hold 20%
of Board
Seats
by
2012 |
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Italy
approved a law
on June 29
requiring the
boards of listed
companies to
have at least
20% of their
boards be
comprised by
women as of 2012
and 33% by 2015. |
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Interested
in the Quota
Initiative
Strategy? |
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Click here,
for an up to
date chart on
the countries
involved. |
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Australia:
Creating Change Without
Mandates
- Private Sector Efforts - |
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In
just 1 ˝ years, Australia has
moved from 8.3% of its board
directors being female in 2010
to 11.7% currently - a 3.4%
increase that would not have
been possible years ago. |
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Dutch Quota Law Goes a Step Further |
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Netherlands is the only
country to date that
includes mandates for women
in senior management as well
as the board of directors. |
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The stated goal of the quota
is for "well-balanced
participation of men and
women" and includes a
provision that at least 30%
of board seats should also be held by men. |
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According to the 2010 Dutch
Female Board Index, only
8.1% of board directors are
female in the Netherlands. |
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For more info,
click here. |
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