"It's done," said European Commissioner Viviane Reding today. "The Commission has adopted my proposal for a European law so that women represent 40% of company board members by 2020."
Reding has often repeated, "I don't like quotas, but I like what they do." A controversial measure, hotly contested by a number of European countries and pundits on both sides of the Atlantic, the new law will come up against deeply entrenched assumptions about gender roles and divided opinions about the best way to increase the uncontested penury of women at the top of business organizations.
To read the original article: Despite Quotas, There's Rough Road Ahead for Women in Europe - Herminia Ibarra - Harvard Business Review
