Womanthismonth.com 50 June 2024 Chartered Manager, Eman Deabil (DipESG, PfMP, IPMO-P, SIP), explored the representation of women in the boardroom in Bahrain listed companies in 2022. This month, she explores the growth of this representation from 5.9 percent to 7.6 percent over the last two years. FORGING FORWARD From the above, we can observe that 28 of the total 368 board seats are attributed to women, which represents 7.6 percent, whereas 340 are attributed to men, which represents 92.4 percent. Out of the 43 companies, 22 companies (around 50 percent) have no women representation (0 percent) meaning that these 22 listed companies have allmale boards. LIFESTYLE | opinion In 2022, we examined women representation in the boardroom of the listed companies in Bahrain. The percentage of representation at the time was 5.9 percent. In Bahrain we have 42 publicly listed companies on Bahrain Bourse spanning over nine categories (information for which can be found on the official Bahrain Bourse website). An analysis was conducted by looking at the Board of Directors of each company and the following conclusion was drawn:
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