EuropeanPWN BoardWomen Monitor 2008
One out of ten board members is female
The top 300 European companies now have 9.7% of women on their boards, up from 8.5% in 2006 and 8% in 2004. Of a total 5,146 board seats, women occupy 501. European champion Norway jumped to having 44.2% women on boards as a result of quota legislation . Without Norway, the European growth rate falls back to 9.1% confirming the average growth rate of around 0.5 percentage points over each two year period from 2004 onwards. This development clearly demonstrates that quotas are an effective way to accelerate growth of female representation on boards.
Country comparisons
The 17 European countries fall into 4 groups: Front Runners, the Above Average Club, the Below Average Club and the Laggards.
Four countries follow in the Above Average Club, led by The Netherlands with 12.3%, and trailed by the UK with 11.5% of women on boards, Ireland (10.1%) and Austria (9.2%).The Netherlands grew by 5.8 percentage points in 2 years making it the 5th European country up from 10th place in 2006; this impressive growth is due to the commitment of a number of CEO’s to improve the numbers as a result of pressures built up by various private initiatives and ample press attention.
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Bron: Persbericht EuropeanPWN BoardWomen , 27 juni 2008
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