Overcoming Barriers to Equality and Diversity Representation on Public, Private and Third Sector Boards in Scotland – Executive Summary

Footnotes

1. Please note that there was limited evidence in the context of the Third Sector - discussion on this sector can be found in the main report only.

2. Women on Boards. Davies Review Annual Report 2014: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/women-on-boards-reports

3. Women on Board. Quality through Diversity. Scottish Government Consultation on the Introduction of Gender Quotas on Public Boards. The Scottish Government: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00449321.pdf

4. Women on Board. Quality through Diversity. Scottish Government Consultation on the Introduction of Gender Quotas on Public Boards. The Scottish Government: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00449321.pdf

5. Programme for Government 2014-2015 - People's Stories: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Performance/programme-for-government/Programme-for-Government-2014-15

6. Smith Commission Report: https://www.smith-commission.scot/

7. UN Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW). United Kingdom's Seventh Periodic Report. June 2011: http://goo.gl/s4ORGo

8. Diversity in public appointments. Gov.Uk: http://goo.gl/adTyiS

9. Increasing diversity on public and private boards. UK Government Equalities Office. 2009.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/women-on-boards-reports

11. Breaking the Mould for Women Leaders: could boardroom quotas hold the key? A Fawcett Society think piece for the Gender Equality Forum. October 2008. Available at: http://www.mbsportal.bl.uk/secure/subjareas/hrmemplyrelat/fawcettsociety/138406breakingmould08.pdf

12. Board minimum quotas for women: Where would male gender discrimination start? Discrimination and Equality Law Committee Newsletter. June 2013. Available at: http://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/-/media/Files/PDFs/2013/Discrimination_Law_June_20131%20pg%2013-16.pdf