China News Service, Tokyo, March 3 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee held a meeting of judges in Tokyo on the 3rd. As a reform measure to promote "gender equality", 12 new female directors were added, and the proportion of female directors increased to 42 %.
This time, 12 female directors including the Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi have been added. So far, the number of female directors has increased to 19, and the total number of directors has increased to 45, of which the proportion of women has increased from about 20% to 42%.
The chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Seiko Hashimoto said at the press conference that the newly added female directors include athletes, professors and lawyers. They all have relatively rich experience in international activities and hope to promote women’s participation in society. Actively play a role.
As the former chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Yoshiro Mori previously resigned for expressing contempt for women, his successor Seiko Hashimoto proposed to increase the proportion of female directors in the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee to more than 40% in order to promote "gender equality."
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