BBC NEWS | Business | Norway in women bosses ultimatum: "Norway has said it might close down companies that fail to meet proposed boardroom quotas for women.
The new coalition government in Oslo said it was considering introducing a law which would require 40% of boardroom posts to be filled by women.
Norway's previous government drew up the law, which it threatened to apply if companies failed voluntarily to meet minimum quotas by 1 July this year.
Only a fifth of Norway's 590 publicly listed firms comply with the quotas.
'It's not going fast enough,' said Karita Bekkemellem, Norway's minister for family and children.
'I don't want to wait 20 or 30 years until sufficiently intelligent men finally appoint women to the boardrooms.'
She added: 'I wish to establish, from January 1 2006, a system of sanctions which makes it possible to break up companies.'"
I dont know if this is right, infact I think it is not. Most women dont show interest in working hard to make it to the top. Norway should make other changes in the society which makes women want to work as hard. This can be done only in a developed country like Norway, but would a super-duper capitalist society like the US take such steps ever ?
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this is probably the fourth time i am clicking on the comments link on this and each time somehting comes up and for got comment....
but finally.
I agree that there should not be any such reservations for women!!! And to an extent you are probably rite that most women do show intrest in making it to the top most positions... I think the trade off for them is too high.
I will be glad for any society can facilitate such kind of thinking or development.
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