Great news!!! I hope this fact to be adopted in Greece too!!!

The latest figures on the share of women on boards in publicly listed companies show that regulatory pressure gets the ball rolling – share of women on companyboards went up to 15.8% in Europe with 2.2 percentage increase which is the highest year on year change yet recorded.

«The proof is in the pudding: regulatory pressure works. Companies are finally starting to understand that if they want to remain competitive in an ageing society they cannot afford to ignore female talent: 60% of university graduates are women,» said Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner.

Read more: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-51_en.htm