{"id":7293,"date":"2012-11-20T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=7293"},"modified":"2012-12-01T11:36:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T11:36:49","slug":"%d5%a2%d6%80%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%bd%d5%a5%d5%ac%d5%a8-%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%a5%d5%ac-%d5%a7-%d5%af%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%b6%d6%81-%d6%84%d5%be%d5%b8%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a5%d6%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%d5%a2%d6%80%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%bd%d5%a5%d5%ac%d5%a8-%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%a5%d5%ac-%d5%a7-%d5%af%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%b6%d6%81-%d6%84%d5%be%d5%b8%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a5%d6%80\/","title":{"rendered":"EU proposal to break \u2018glass ceiling\u2019 for women \/ video"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Women still find the road to success blocked in the business world. And attitudes differ widely across Europe. In Malta, just 3% of board members are women, 18% in the UK, while in Finland, it\u2019s 27%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A new proposal aims for a 40% female presence on the non-executive boards of all EU publicly-listed companies.<\/p>\n

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Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice and Fundamental Rights:
\n\u201cIt is a selection on the basis of competence. It is not a woman because she is a woman but a woman because she is good, a good professional that knows how to do her job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The proposed measures would only affect stock exchange-listed EU companies. Small and medium-sized enterprises and non-listed companies would remain untouched under the terms. Up to 5,000 companies across the EU could be affected. Many are convinced it would be a good start.<\/p>\n

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Edite Estrela, Portuguese socialist\u00a0MEP:
\n\u201cThe proposal could be more ambitious, it could go further. But it\u2019s a first step towards balancing the gender representation in the boardrooms of stock exchange-listed companies. And I agree that small and medium-sized enterprises should be exempt, because it\u2019s not easy for this sector to accommodate that sort of gender representation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Some countries like France are pushing for a bigger female presence.<\/p>\n

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But others, including the UK and Germany are against forced quotas for women on corporate boards.<\/p>\n

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That glass ceiling may be chipped, but it\u2019s far from broken.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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