French MPs approve quotas for more women in corporate management
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13/05/2021 - 19:16 Isabelle Kocher became the first woman in France to lead a company in the Paris CAC 40 index when she became CEO of Engie in 2016. Alongside Gazprom chief Alexei Miller (L), former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder and former Engie CEO Gérard Mestrallet (R), Paris, 24 April 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann 5 min France’s lower house has voted in favour of a bill that would require companies with more than 1,000 employees to ensure women hold 40 percent of top management posts by 2030. Advertising Read more
The National Assembly voted for “real economic and professional equality” between men and women as part of a bill brought by President Emmanuel Macron’s LREM majority.
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