Germany moves to scrap committee gender parity quotas

Too-high targets overburden female academics with administrative work and hold back their careers, research foundation concludes

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July 22, 2020

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July 22, 2020

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Brassed off quotas raise concerns that senior women could be ‘overburdened’

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Brassed off quotas raise concerns that senior women could be ‘overburdened’

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