International women’s day; more women on board

Things have changed as more and more women are in top leadership positions in Hong Kong and the mainland, which changed people’s attitude.

Now we can see women and men have more and more equality in different fields.

Davies and women's groups held a round-table discussion to mark International Women's Day.

They are to meet the chairmen of several Hang Seng Index firms to lobby for more women to be on corporate boards, targeting 25 per cent representation.

Currently only 9 per cent of board members of the HSI's 48 listed firms are women, according to a study by Standard Chartered and the NGO Community Business.

In 2009 the figure was 8.9 per cent.

This is despite more than half of university graduates from Hong Kong being women.

In Britain, listed companies are looking to reach 25 per cent representation by 2015.

It is currently at 15 per cent, up from 9 per cent in the mid-1990s.

The rate of appointment of women to boards, rose to 26 per cent in the past year, with 12 of Britain's formerly 22 all-male boards appointing women.