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Australia's sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick "first went out hard publicly, talking about introducing quotas - 'the Q word' - for women on boards...Then she approached 12 powerful men she knew had a strong commitment to gender equality...She never mentioned the Q word again.

though this report above is contradicted here - "women sidelined by boardroom boys" - http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/06/3030429.htm "Ms Broderick says the pace of change so far has been glacial and if it does not change she will push for quotas."

Former Sex discrimination commissioner Pru Goward says any move to impose quotas for women on corporate boards would undermine women's rights.