Organising committee's board now consists of 42% women Committee will be dissolved after this year's Games The Tokyo Olympics has made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality by appointing 12 women to the body's executive board, which will now have 19 women among its 45 members, or 42%. To accommodate the new women, the size of the board was increased from 35 to 45. Several resignations on Tuesday also created more space.
Tokyo Olympics add 12 women to executive board in late gender equality push
The Guardian - 3 Mar 2021 05:05
Organising committee's board now consists of 42% women Committee will be dissolved after this year's Games The Tokyo Olympics has made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality by appointing 12 women to the body's executive board, which will now have 19 women among its 45 members, or 42%. To accommodate the new women, the size of the board was increased from 35 to 45. Several resignations on Tuesday also created more space.
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