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Women and governance: more women at the head of organisations
The Marie Claire Agir Pour l'Égalité think-and-do tank opened 2025 at the MEDEF with a session on lifting the glass ceiling — the invisible barrier that still keeps women from senior and powerful positions. An explanation.
An identikit portrait of the European chief executive
Men or women? Promoted from within or hired outside? Executive talent advisers Beyond Associés reviewed the main characteristics of the people running Stoxx 600 companies. Les Echos has the findings exclusively.
Executive and management committees: women's progress at the top is measured in inches
The targets of the 2011 Copé-Zimmermann law, which set women's share of large-company boards at 40%, have been met; climbing the next steps is proving harder, writes Anne Rodier in her column. Board, executive committee, management committee, board chair and chief executive are the five steps of women's advance in…
Quotas for women at large companies: results that do not lie
With the Copé-Zimmermann and then the Rixain laws on quotas at large companies, women are increasingly present in leadership bodies. But top management roles remain hard to reach, according to the latest IFA and Ethics & Boards barometer.
CAC 40, SBF 120 and workplace equality: where do women stand?
Since 2023 the Rixain law has required companies to reach 30% women on executive committees by 2026 and 40% by 2029. How are equality policies changing the picture, and where do the large CAC 40 and SBF 120 groups stand? The details.
Gender balance is moving more slowly on executive and management committees than on boards (IFA/Ethics & Boards)
In 2025, "women's share of boards reaches 47.7% in the CAC 40 and 46.6% in the SBF 120, confirming steady progress," say the IFA and Ethics & Boards, publishing on 27 February the third edition of their annual barometer on gender balance in SBF 120 and CAC 40 leadership.
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