Kultura polisa vol. 19 br. 4 str. 46-64 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:4309 doi:10.51738/Kpolisa2022.19.4r.46udm cobiss: 109411593 ISSN: 1820-4589 Gender Diversity in Corporate Governance in Serbia: Legal Issues and Potential Remedies Rodna raznolikost u korporativnom upravljanju u Srbiji: pravni problemi i potencijalna rešenja Keywords: equality, discrimination, women's rights, corporate governance Ključne reči: ravnopravnost, diskriminacija, prava žena, korporativna uprava info:eu-repo/semantics/review Abstract:The status of gender diversity in corporate governance (i.e., women's right to be part of corporate bodies) is a very important issue worldwide, including in Serbia. The paper examines women's rights from a historical perspective to address the problem of their social under-representation, especially when it comes to their social role outside the family. Additionally, we investigate the EU and Serbian legal framework for encouraging women's participation on corporate boards, including their status in the Serbian banking and insurance industry. Retrospection, compilation, deduction and induction methods were used in the paper. An in-depth analysis shows that women constitute at least one-third of the membership (at least in one executive board), in the majority of Serbian banks and insurance companies. We notice that the Serbian Gender Equality Act does not encourage greater women’s participation in corporate boards. Thus, there is a need for immediate legal action to mandate women's representation on corporate boards, and to require additional explanation if this legal provision is violated. The traditional understanding of the position of women in society has remained unchanged, but it is noticeable that the accessibility of corporate management to women is improving, although perhaps not enough and equally in all countries and industries. Sažetak: Rodna ravnopravnost u korporativnom upravljanju je veoma važno pitanje u svetu i u Srbiji. U radu se istražuju prava žena kroz istoriju i glavni razlozi za neprihvatanje njihove veće društvene uloge van porodice. Takođe, rad istražuje pravni okvir EU i Srbije koji podstiče veće učešće žena u korporativnim odborima, naročito zastupljenost žena u korporativnim odborima u sektoru bankarstva i osiguranja u Srbiji. Analiza je pokazala da žene čine najmanje jednu trećinu od ukupnog broja članova (najmanje u jednom odboru), u više od polovine srpskih banaka i društava za osiguranje. Takođe je utvrđeno da srpski Zakon o rodnoj ravnopravnosti nije podsticajan za veće učešće žena u odborima. Dakle, potrebna je promptna pravna akcija kojom bi se učešće žena u korporativnim odborima uspostavilo kao pravna obaveza, kao i neophodnost za dodatno pojašnjenje ukoliko nije ispunjen ovaj pravni zahtev. Dukić Mijatović, Marijana Uzelac N., Ozren eng application/pdf 915338 bytes 2022