Elliott is pushing for more female directors as part of its campaign at Commvault. That kind of demand should be more common.
Activist investors have the power to get more women on corporate boards, should they choose to use it.
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Si2 Briefing Paper 2018 – Governance – Board Diversity
Investors have been interested in boosting the number of women and minority directors at companies for many years and won a new requirement for disclosure on the subject in 2009, but despite efforts
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From the Office of the New York State Comptroller
DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Will Vote Against Board Members at Corporations with no Women Directors 
Announces Agreements with Four Companies on Board Diversity
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the New York State Common
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It's now against the law to pay men and women differently in Iceland
Iceland is determined to achieve gender equality by 2022
For nine years in a row, this tiny Nordic nation has topped the World Economic Forum’s ranking of nations with the smallest gender gap.
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New York State Fund Snubs All-Male Boards
Campaign reflects growing impatience with pace of progress on gender diversity
A major state pension fund intends to oppose the re-election of all directors at hundreds of U.S. corporate boards without a single woman.
... These companies clearly understand that board diversity is not a social issue, but is about improving their companies’ performance and enhancing their long-term sustainable value.