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2012 was not an extraordinary year for women in Europe. No women were elected as Head of State or of government, no women were appointed at the European Central Bank; a multitude of obstacles have been erected to undermine the European Commission’s draft directive1 which aimed to achieve a 40% quota of women on company boards — inequality between men and women has continued to grow2: there has been nothing to encourage our optimism.
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Joannin, P. (2013). Towards more women in Europe?. In: Chopin, T., Foucher, M. (eds) Schuman Report on Europe. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0451-4_20
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