In December 2014, the German government announced a new rule which would require German companies to fill 30% of their board seats with women. In Ireland 8% of corporate boards seat women directors which is less than the UK (22.8%), US (19.2%), Canada (20.8%) and Australia (23.6%). In Norway 35.5% of boards contain women directors which is the highest percentage in the world.
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Response rates from 1.5k Workers’ Party voters.
64% Yes |
36% No |
55% Yes |
17% No |
8% Yes, and the government should do more to require diversity in the workplace |
19% No, board members should be the most qualified regardless of gender |
1% Yes, but only for large international corporations |
0% No, the government should never require the diversity of private businesses |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.5k Workers’ Party voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 1.5k Workers’ Party voters.
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Unique answers from Workers’ Party voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9ZMG6396 days6D
I don’t think it should be mandated but when it isn’t mandated it’s less likely to happen. I’d love for it to be improved long term while also looking at companies that don’t have women on their board and see why etc
@9ZL6BT71wk1W
There should be more diversity but the requirement of diversity poses the risk of it being performative rather than sincere integration and thus limits the actual diversity
@9ZH9GDK1wk1W
No, but the government need to take responsibility for the reasons behind why women aren't being considered equally for positions on the board
@9ZGNGYB2wks2W
Yes but only if it makes sense. appointing someone based on gender is not fair, people should be appointed based on skills and experience
@9ZGNCP52wks2W
business should have the most suitable members on its board, if that happens to be a woman they should not be bypassed simply because of their sex
@9ZDYNK42wks2W
Board directors should be the most qualified regardless of gender however there should be strict guidelines in place to ensure decisions being made are non-bias
@9ZB2JT6 2wks2W
I think it is very important for there to be diversity but I don’t think that it should be a requirement as this makes the female representation quite tokenistic.
@9Z9Z3362wks2W
Yes, but this should occur naturally through underprivileged or underrepresented groups including women being provided with resources and encouraged to pursue such careers and gender reporting should be more frequent
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