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Article

17 Oct 2011

Author:
Sarah Marsh, Reuters

German firms set goals for more women in management

Germany's 30 top companies set voluntary targets...to raise the number of women in leadership positions, in the hope of averting legally imposed quotas as a campaign to smash the glass ceiling gains momentum. While the political leader of Europe's largest economy is a woman, corporate management is still heavily dominated by men...only 3.7 percent of top German managers are female [refers to BMW, Fresenius, adidas, Metro]