This note summarises the main findings from research which combined an international overview of trends in women's representation on corporate boards with in-depth case study analysis of eight European countries. The countries were selected because they encapsulated different policy approaches:...

The European Union (EU) has an explicit commitment to raise the employment rate for women and to advance gender mainstreaming (GM) and gender equality in both employment and social inclusion policies. In this article we assess developments in the latest round of National Action Plans (NAPs),...