Tokyo Olympics Board Gets 12 New Female Members
Zeeshan Mehtab Published March 03, 2021 | 03:34 PM
Tokyo Olympics organisers approved 12 new female executive board members on Wednesday, less than two weeks after appointing a woman president in the wake of an embarrassing sexism row
Tokyo (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Mar, 2021 ) :Tokyo Olympics organisers approved 12 new female executive board members on Wednesday, less than two weeks after appointing a woman president in the wake of an embarrassing sexism row.
The appointments increase female representation on the Tokyo 2020 board from 20 percent to just over 40 percent, meeting a target set by Seiko Hashimoto when she took over as president last month.
Seven-time Olympian Hashimoto replaced 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, who resigned after his claims that women talk too much in meetings sparked an outcry in Japan and abroad.
"Raising the proportion to 42 percent sends a message to various groups, to the sporting world and the whole society, and we hope it will have an impact," said Hashimoto, who was one of just two women in Japan's cabinet until she stepped down to take up her new post.
"We are increasing the numbers and welcoming people from all different fields of expertise."Games chiefs agreed to amend their rules to accommodate the new appointments, allowing a maximum of 45 board members, up from the previous 35.
There were previously seven women on the executive board.
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