Women are 60 percent of global university graduates today [and] they are 80 percent of decisionmakers in an ever-expanding range of sectors.
When California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill this fall requiring publicly-owned companies to have female representation on their boards, he also wrote a letter. “There have been numerous objections to this bill and serious legal concerns have been raised,” he wrote. “Nevertheless, recent events in Washington, D.C. – and beyond – make it crystal clear that many are not getting the message.”
The letter was copied to the US Senate Judiciary Committee and dated Sept. 30 – just a few days after the committee advanced the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual assault. Governor Brown had made his opinion known: Women’s rights needed to advance faster.
Written by Democratic state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, the new law makes California the first state in the nation to mandate a female quota on corporate boards and underscores a global movement toward bringing more women into corner offices. In parts of Europe, such as Norway, Iceland, and France, gender quotas of 30 to 40 percent were signed into law years ago, resulting in a spike of female representation – in some countries, to near parity.
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