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Tokyo Olympics add 12 women to executive board in late gender equality push

Neha Malik 19:25 The Guardian

Organising committee’s board now consists of 42% women
Committee will be dissolved after this year’s Games

The Tokyo Olympics has made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality by appointing 12 women to the body’s executive board, which will now have 19 women among its 45 members, or 42%.

To accommodate the new women, the size of the board was increased from 35 to 45. Several resignations on Tuesday also created more space.

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