Having mandatory quotas is a terrible idea, as they undermine them people they are aimed to help.
It's interesting how people always claim there are too few women in high paying intellectual jobs, rather than low paying manual jobs. When have you ever heard that there are too few female miners, highway maintenance workers etc?
On the other hand, this rises the usual (but still interesting) questions like: what happens if you don't have the right female talent at the moment, but still need to fill quotas? Is it ethical to have a spot reserved regardless of merit? Why is gender equality pushed mostly (only?) for pleasant managerial roles?
It's interesting how people always claim there are too few women in high paying intellectual jobs, rather than low paying manual jobs. When have you ever heard that there are too few female miners, highway maintenance workers etc?