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Women's Board Award in Denmark

Denmark · Copenhagen · Transnational · See the Denmark profile · See the Copenhagen profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 29% 85/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

The Women's Board Award, established in 2014 by Danish journalist Susanne Hoeck and the Norwegian organization Styreinformasjon, operates in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. This prestigious award serves as a proactive initiative to encourage more women to pursu

Women's Board Award in Denmark

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Women's Board Award — website
Power domain
Economic Power
Methods / tools
Competence development, Awareness-raising
Region (NUTS)
DK01
Keywords
Women's Board Award, Inclusive Leadership, Women's Empowerment, Gender Diversity in Boardrooms, Exemplary Female Role Models

Context

The Women's Board Award was established in 2014 by Danish journalist Susanne Hoeck together with the Norwegian organisation Styreinformasjon, and now operates in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. It is an annual award recognising a woman who demonstrates the potential to become a board chairperson.

Objectives

The award aims to highlight the value that gender diversity adds to corporate boards, promoting proactive measures over reactive ones, and to shift the discourse from a negative framing of gender and equality toward a positive emphasis on skills and competence.

Conclusions

No outcome evaluation (e.g. of subsequent board appointments or company practice change) was identified in the source material; the description is self-reported by the award's promoters.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — No budget stated; cost_band inferred as low because an annual recognition award is typically lower-cost than a training or advisory programme.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Established in 2014 and still operating (maturity: established), so timeline_band is set to long.
Staffing & skills
Founded and run by journalist Susanne Hoeck with the Norwegian organisation Styreinformasjon

Conditions for success

  • Cross-border partnership (Denmark/Norway) enabling multi-country reach across 5 countries
  • Positioning around a positive, competence-based narrative rather than a compliance-driven framing

Where it fits

Governance type
privately-run award / media initiative
Scale
transnational (5 European countries)

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding

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