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Can Quotas Help Tackle The Confidence Gender Gap?

Can Quotas Help Tackle The Confidence Gender Gap?

by The Daily Eye Team November 11 2015, 3:32 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 32 secs

Quotas — in politics, business, or education — are a heavy-handed way to banish gender discrimination. They increase female representation, but at what cost? In March, Germany became the latest country to instate boardroom quotas. Starting in 2016, the government will require 30 percent of board positions at some of Germany’s largest public companies to be filled by women (companies will also produce plans to increase the number of women in executive roles). But even supporters of women’s equality questioned if the new law was a good idea.

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HUMRA QURAISHI


Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  


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