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Only slight increase in percentage of women

Despite slight progress in 2012, the proportion of women on German management and supervisory boards is still low. This is the finding of the 2013 Women Managers Barometer of the German Institute for Economic Research. However, the DAX companies have risen slightly. Only four per cent of board positions in the 200 largest companies and the 100 largest banks in Germany at the end of 2012 were filled by women, which is an increase of one percentage point over the previous year. For insurance companies, the share was only slightly higher, at 5.7 per cent. All told, the increases were too small, in too few companies and based on too low baseline values ​​to change anything in the overwhelming male domination in management and supervisory boards, said research director Elke Holst. Overall, the culture for women in leadership positions must continue to improve, the business researchers demand.