Women with board positions are exceptions in Germany - je 09.09.2008 08

Germany's political leader is a woman. But she would be hard pressed to find a female counterpart in the business world here. Consider this: There are 192 executives in total running the 30 blue chip companies listed on the Dax Index. Only one is a woman. Why is that so? And how can it be changed? Why should it be changed? Topics for discussion this week in Frankfurt at the first conference dedicated to the woman as an economic factor. We have a report on a woman who has pushed ahead in a field full of men.