Why It Makes Sense to Have More Women Board members?

为什么我们需要更多女性董事会成员？

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Is it an obvious question to ask why there are so few women board members?

你是不是很想问为什么在董事会成员中女性只占这么小一部分？

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From January 1st, 2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% of their board directors are women.

从2008年1月1日起，挪威所有上市公司都有义务确保至少40%的董事会成员是女性。

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Thin Thin Aung is a board member of the Women's League of Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

The percentage of companies with women board members increased with company size, but gender diversity continues to be limited.

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In addition, women board directors seem to go for smaller firms (less is more) and they consummate the deal more frequently.

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The national average of all women board directors is half that, or 15.7%, according to December 2010 figures from Catalyst, an organization that studies women in the workplace.

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