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Europe is not a gender-equality heaven. In particular, the corporate workplace will never be completely family-friendly until women are part of senior management decisions, and Europe’s top corporate-governance positions remain overwhelmingly male. Indeed, women hold only 14 percent of positions on Europe corporate boards.

gender-equality“性别平等”；heaven“天堂”；in particular“尤其，特别”，相当于especially；corporate“公司的，企业的”；workplace“工作场所”；family-friendly“家庭友好型的”；senior“高级的”，也可以指“年长的”，senior citizen“老年人”；management“管理”；decision“决定”，动词形式decide；corporate-governance position“公司管理职位”；remain“仍然”；overwhelmingly“压倒性地”；male“男性的”，反义词female“女性的”；board“董事会”。

The Europe Union is now considering legislation to compel corporate boards to maintain a certain proportion of women -- up to 60 percent. This proposed mandate was born of frustration. Last year, Europe Commission Vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action. Reding invited corporations to sign up for gender balance goal of 40 percent female board membership. But her appeal was considered a failure: only 24 companies took it up.

legislation“立法”，形容词形式legislative，“采取立法措施”可以用take legislative initiatives；compel“强迫，迫使”；maintain“维持”；a certain proportion of“一定比例的”；up to“多达”；proposed“被提议的”；mandate“命令，指令”；be born of“源于”；frustration“挫折”；issue“发布”；call“号召”；voluntary“自愿的”；sign up for“报名参加”；gender balance“性别平衡”；goal“目标”；appeal“呼吁”；consider“认为”；failure“失败”；take up“开始从事”。

Do we need quotas to ensure that women can continue to climb the corporate ladder fairly as they balance work and family?

quota“配额，定额”；ensure“确保”；continue to do“继续做某事”；climb“攀登”；ladder“阶梯”；fairly“公平地”；as“当”，引导时间状语从句。

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