Women Representation in Corporate Bodies

Women Representation in
Corporate Bodies
Debate on Gender Quota

Scope of Gender Quotas
• Gender quotas are used to create equal representation in the corporate
bodies.
• It promotes gender equality .
• It is important to promote the position of the women community as a
whole.

Using Gender Quotas
• It provides legal opportunities to the women to claim their equal position in the
society as well a sin the corporate bodies.
• There is a tendency in the organizational bodies to elect the male members of the
organizations for the higher positions in the same.
• It provides the women to voice and claim for their deserved role in the
organizations.
• The gender quotas promote the representation of women.
• It tries to eliminate the structural discrimination that the women is facing from a
long time.
• It also enables the women to voice for their grievances that they are faced with in
the organizational structure.

Types of Gender Quotas
There are essentially three main Gender Quota Policies.
• Reserved Seats: These are seats for which only women can apply. It
essentially refers to the political seats reserved for the women.
• Party Quotas: These are effected by the political parties to pledge for
their female members, in the political offices.
• Legislative Quotas: These are mandatory provisions that are to be
made to the women of the society. These are legalised and is
applicable for al sectors. The former two quotas are essentially for the
political seats, but the legislative quotas enable the women to apply for
positions in all sectors of the society.