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ECB to double number of women in top positions

The European Central Bank, under fire for being largely a men's club, plans to double the number of women in its top ranks, executive board member Joerg Asmussen said on Thursday.

29.08.2013

(AFP) The European Central Bank, under fire for being largely a men's club, plans to double the number of women in its top ranks, executive board member Joerg Asmussen said on Thursday.

"By the end of 2019, we want 35 percent of our middle management and 28 percent of our upper management to be women," Asmussen told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.