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Roberta Metsola and the Council presidency sign Directive (EU) 2022/2381 in Strasbourg, requiring large EU listed companies to have at least 40% of non-executive seats, or 33% of all board seats, held by the underrepresented sex by 30 June 2026.

At CSW70 in New York on 9 March 2026, the Commission on the Status of Women adopted its Agreed Conclusions on access to justice for women and girls by recorded vote, 37 to 1 with 6 abstentions, after the United States broke the usual consensus.

From 30 June 2026 large listed companies across the EU are expected to have at least 40% of non-executive board seats, or 33% of all board seats, held by the underrepresented sex, the target date set in the Women on Boards Directive.

The 71st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women runs from 8 to 19 March 2027 in New York, with the priority theme of speeding up gender equality under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.