New laws break the 'glass ceiling' for women

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen Source: Getty / Sean Gallup

SBS News In Depth
View Podcast Series

Get the SBS Audio app

Other ways to listen

The European Union has approved news laws that require more women on boards in large companies across the bloc. It's being promoted as a major step forward for women in the workforce

Share

Latest podcast episodes

Dr Zac Seidler (Supplied).jpg

INTERVIEW: Movember's Dr Zac Seidler on the 'huge iceberg of an issue' that is male eating disorders

Anushanthini Jesuthasan (SBS).jpg

Refugees are settling well in Australia but programs fail to consider women, report finds

OTM - Housing, development, solar power.jpg

Renewable energy use rises & AI investment implications in 2025

File photo of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (AAP)

Refugees in Bangladesh welcome potential prosecution of Myanmar's military leader

Recommended for you

A split image. On the left are two women seated on a couch. On the right is a man speaking.

Worse than Sydney: The renters bearing the brunt of unaffordable Perth

renting

An elderly woman in a light blue blouse rests her head against that of an elderly man lying in a hospital bed with tubes running into his nose.

Australia's life expectancy has fallen again and dropped in global rankings. Here's why

health

Composite image of two blonde women in their 20s

An OnlyFans content creator planned to go to Schoolies. Now her visa has been axed

schoolies

A woman with glasses and bright yellow earrings

Greens announce plan to wipe HECS debts and make university free

auspol

A composite image of Penny Wong and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wong responds to Netanyahu's ICC arrest warrant as US labels move 'outrageous'

2024 mideast wars

A group of people lining up at the airport.

Australians are obsessed with Japan, but a new travel hotspot is emerging

travel and tourism

Two men holding a piece of paper over a wooden box in a room

US election 2024: Why people in this small town were the first to vote

2024 united states presidential election

A young girl draws on a map of the United States

What happens if neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump wins 270 Electoral College votes?

politics