{"id":7152,"date":"2026-05-01T22:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/research-for-women-on-boards-prestige-can-be-a-bottleneck\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:27:06","slug":"research-for-women-on-boards-prestige-can-be-a-bottleneck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moresourcing.com\/en\/research-for-women-on-boards-prestige-can-be-a-bottleneck\/","title":{"rendered":"For Women on Boards, Prestige Can Be a Bottleneck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__UwInRW__text\" data-first-paragraph=\"true\">During the past two decades, many organizations have made meaningful progress in increasing gender diversity on their boards. For example, women now hold a substantial share of board seats for companies in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conference-board.org\/publications\/women-in-the-boardroom-recent-progress-and-the-road-ahead\" class=\"ContentLink-module-scss-module__qKDjGa__anchor\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ftsewomenleaders.com\/company-rankings\/\" class=\"ContentLink-module-scss-module__qKDjGa__anchor\">FTSE 100<\/a> (the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange). These gains have been driven by sustained pressure from investors, regulators, and society at large.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v19.2&amp;appId=1761258887507575&amp;xfbml=false&amp;status=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#Women #Boards #Prestige #Bottleneck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past two decades, many organizations have made meaningful progress in increasing gender diversity on their boards. For example, women now hold a substantial share of board seats for companies in the S&amp;P 500 and the FTSE 100 (the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange). 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