MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s leftist government rolled out a draft bill designed to boost the share of women in politics and business on Tuesday, on the eve of International Women’s Day, and further advance gender equality in one of the world’s leading countries on the issue.
The Equal Representation Law will apply the principle of full gender parity to electoral lists and impose a 40% minimum female representation on boards of directors of big companies and governing boards of professional associations.
“We need to take advantage of 100% of the female talent in our country to improve the productivity of companies and to have a stronger and more sustainable growth over time,” Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said after the meeting of the cabinet, in which women have outnumbered men for the first time in Spain.
Calvino, who made headlines last year when she said she would no longer attend events if women were not equally…
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