CEDAW in Action
Posted on | January 28, 2010 by Austin Ruse |
Steven Groves at the Heritage Foundation brought this article to my attention. It is how Norway has imposed a gender quota on corporate boards. The artcle does not say so but I believe this was a result of a CEDAW committee report.
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