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The Female FTSE Board Report 2016
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Targets for Gender Balance
5.1 TARGETS VERSUS QUOTAS FOR WOMEN
AT THE TOP
While debate about boardroom gender quotas continues and 15 countries
globally have adopted them,
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the UK has started a process of significant
change with its voluntary business-led approach. In 2011, the Davies Review
set an ambitious target of 25% women on FTSE 100 boards by 2015. Last year,
we celebrated progress on several fronts
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: women’s representation on FTSE
100 boards had more than doubled to 26.1% in five years and the UK ranked
number six in the world in terms of women on boards, with all countries
ranked higher having relied on mandatory measures to achieve progress.
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