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Standards & GuidanceWomen still underrepresented in the boardroom
Despite the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) having existed for 30 years, its latest survey has found women remain underrepresented in UK boardrooms, making up just 10% of directors at FTSE 100 companies.
The EOC – in its final report before the organisation comes to an end later this year – found women from ethnic minorities to be particularly under represented, composing only 0.4% of FTSE 100 directors despite making up 3.9% of the labour market.
This in fact represents a decline in FTSE 100 female directors, and as a result the EOC has predicted it will take 60 years at the current rate of progress for women to achieve equality of numbers on FTSE 100 boards (compared to an estimate of 40 years in last year’s survey).
Jenny Watson, EOC chair, argued it is not in the interests of business to ignore a talent pool made up of half the country’s population. To address this imbalance of representation, she said, it is necessary to extend the right to request flexible working to everyone in the workplace.
LinksEqual Opportunities Commission Sex and Power: Who runs Britain? 2007
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