Women’s representation on corporate boards at the global and European level

The aim. The underrepresentation of women on boards has been a heavily discussed topic over the last 50 years; however, although in recent years there has been some positive dynamics, women are still seriously underrepresented on corporate boards. The purpose of this paper is to understand global and European trends in women's representativeness on boards and look at it from a geographic perspective, industry perspective and dynamic perspective with a special focus on Central and Eastern European countries, Latvia in particular.