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March 2008
- Norway Shatters Its Glass Ceiling
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Mar 6, 08 5:44 PM CST
  
  A state-mandated shattering of Norway's glass ceiling is drastically changing gender balance in boardrooms there—and not without some resistance, the Guardian reports. A law that 40% of non-executive board directorships at larger firms must go to women went into effect Feb. 22—and though a dozen Norwegian companies failed to fill the quota, an astounding 451 out of 463 did. More »
  
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  business • Norway • CEOs • gender discrimination • gender gap • board of directors • glass ceiling • sex ratio
- India Will Pay Families for Daughters
  
  newser | AFP | Mar 4, 08 2:10 PM CST
  
  India will start handing out cash to families in return for raising daughters, reports AFP. The culture's preference for sons results in sex-selection abortions, which are illegal but have skewed the country's sex ratio. Poor families with girls in states with the worst sex ratios will receive a series of payments, with a bonus should the child reach 18 unmarried and having finished her education. More »
  
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  children • India • abortion • dowry • sex ratio

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