Affirmative action: gender equality

Here you can find a short piece on advantages and disadvantages of affirmative action in general.

Here you can see The Economist's glass-ceiling index. 

During our next session, we will be splitting into two camps to table the advantages and disadvantages of affirmative action to promote gender equality at the work place with a view to reaching a common ground on the issue.  We can limit our focus to the EC and/or expand it to the EU.

After our session, F. sent me some more material on the topic:
Here you can find the table with data on gender balance at the EC.
Here you can find an article on Sheryl Sandberg from The Guardian.
Thank you F!