Number of female board members far behind malesStaff writer, with CNAThe number of female board members in companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and the over-the-counter (OTC) market is far below the number of male board members, this year’s gender report released by the Executive Yuan yesterday showed. In the report, the Cabinet’s gender equality department said listed companies on the main board and the OTC market recorded a total of 2,233 female board members in 2022, up 861 from a year earlier, while female board members accounted for 15.6 percent of the total, up 3.5 percentage points from a year earlier. Despite the growth, the number of female board members still lags far behind the number of male board members at listed companies, which was 12,125 in 2022, making up 84.4 percent of the total. Female members of the Examination Yuan and female judges in the Judicial Yuan made up more than 50 percent, while female members of the Control Yuan accounted for more than 40 percent, the Executive Yuan said. However, in the Constitutional Court, female justices accounted for only 26.7 percent in 2022, the report said.
