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Effective sanctions make Norway’s quota law a success

The law on quotas is the most efficient measure to improve the boardroom gender balance. “But the law should be followed up by effective sanctions and state measures which help stimulate the action.” That is the advice from head of research Mari Teigen to other countries looking to legislate for quotas on company boards.
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Mari Teigen

Mari Teigen

is a research director at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, and head of research for the group Equality, Inclusion, Migration.

Current research themes: 
Changes to legislation on discrimination, quotas on company boards, analysis of policy development on labour life and families. 

Institute for Social Research

Women in boardrooms

Female quotas port let

Just one in ten board members in the largest companies within the OECD area is a women, according to the OECD’s new gender equality barometer. 

European Women's Lobby

The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is an umbrella organisation for women’s organisations in the EU. The report is called ‘Women on Boards in Europe: From a Snail’s Pace to a Giant Leap?’ (2012).

Female Future

is the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise’s drive to  

  • strengthen gender equality in working life
  • improve female representation in management and on boards
  • attract more women to the private sector 

It is part of their work to secure companies access to enough skilled labour.

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