Women Open Small Windows of Opportunity Through Glass Ceiling

PRNewswire/Earthtimes.org ^ | Wed, 13 Jun 2007 | Corporate Women Directors International

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The glass ceiling in corporate directorships remains firmly in place according to the 2007 report titled "Women Board Directors in the FORTUNE Global 200 Companies," presented today by Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI) in Berlin, Germany. Women hold a mere 11.2 percent of posts atop the 200 largest companies in the world. Tokenism seems to prevail as board membership is marked by a solitary woman's role at nearly half (45.6 percent) of the companies with female board representation. But there is also good news: Compared to 2004, the first year of this unique global study, CWDI saw a significant increase of four percent in corporate boardrooms with at least one female board member, raising the ratio to 77.5 percent. Whereas the United States continues to be the pacesetter in appointing women to board seats in the Global 200, European companies -- especially those in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands -- show promising increases in female representation at the top, with two European companies taking the lead in this ranking. The new global report on the world's 200 leading companies in 24 countries was published on the eve of this year's Global Summit of Women, taking place for the first time in Berlin, Germany, from June 14 to 16.

"The study reveals some good and bad news for women business leaders," said Irene Natividad, chair of Corporate Women Directors International, a non- profit organization working to boost female participation on corporate boards globally. "While there is an increase in female board memberships, this by no means reflects the true performance and contribution of women in today's global economy.

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a non- profit organization working to boost female participation on corporate boards globally

How do they do that? The market isn't producing 50/50 boards, so what are we looking at here? Affirmative action?

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Maby it’s because women don’t enough testosterone