Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Manuela Schwesig, the minister of family affairs who helped a law requiring more women on corporate boards clear legal and political hurdles in Germany. Photo Credit Soeren Stache/European Pressphoto Agency
Germany passed a law requiring some of Europe's biggest companies to give 30 percent of supervisory seats to women beginning next year.
This newly passed law is "the greatest contribution to gender equality since women got to vote," according to Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
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