On 16th March, The Parliament Magazine, in association with Ernst & Young, organised a roundtable event in the European Parliament entitled ‘Promoting women’s leadership in both the public and private sector’.
The event was hosted by Arlene McCarthy MEP, with speakers Britta Thomsen MEP, Françoise Le Bail, Director General at DG Justice, European Commission and Uschi Schreiber, Global Government and Public Sector Leader at Ernst and Young, among others.
Many issues were discussed, including the current gender balance of women in public sector leadership roles, the importance of having women in leadership roles in both the public and private sector, what the current debate around the issue of women on boards can mean for gender representation across all sectors and what is currently holding women back from leadership roles and what can be done to improve the situation.
The link to Ernst & Young’s Worldwide Index of Women as Public Sector Leaders can be found here: www.ey.com/government/womenleaders
A link to the online article about the event can be found here:
Video produced by Kayleigh Rose Lewis.
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