Companies Should Be Required to Disclose Their Gender Stats

The push for board quotas in the EU has been relatively successful. Ten countries have signed on, and the gender balance on these countries’ boards has improved significantly. However, much of the improvement has come from the addition of women as non-executive board members, the trickle down effect on executive teams has not been obvious, and the benefits remain hotly debated. Key countries, like the US and the UK, are unlikely to adopt similar measures. Still other countries have adopted voluntary targets, with mixed results. (Here’s a complete overview of the board situation.)