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"Mr President, last week in the United Kingdom, Lord Davies delivered his speech to the government on how to increase women’s participation in the boardroom. His report consisted of voluntary targets for businesses. No one can disagree that we need more women in the boardroom. What I cannot accept is that we need quotas to get there. How patronising is that? Almost as patronising as giving the women in this room a rose when they came in. Well, I gave my rose to a man.
On a positive note, the UK is making real headway in the elimination of the gender pay gap. The latest figures show that the pay gap between men and women in full-time employment is down to 10%, the lowest since records began.
Finally, on International Women’s Day, I must pay tribute to motherhood. True equality is having the right to choose and not be judged for these choices. Whether a director in the boardroom, surgeon in the hospital, part-time care assistant, car mechanic or housewife and mother, a woman has the right to make her own choice."@en1
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