BBC: From 1 January 2008 it became compulsory for Norwegian companies to appoint a substantial number of women to their management boards, but is government intervention on gender issues the best way to create real change in the corporate world?
Norway now leads the globe in gender equality at board level, with a higher percentage of women at the uppermost echelons of its firms than any other country.
The change was achieved by introducing tough legislation threatening to close publicly listed firms that failed to comply with the 40% female quota for board members.
Days after the 1 January 2008 deadline passed, almost every single listed firm has female faces on its board.
The government can now proclaim its policies a success - and they have provoked a vital debate about women and work. Smashing the glass ceiling >>> By Stephanie Holmes
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