Women run Latvia. The Baltic country with 2 million inhabitants is the only EU member state where women occupy the majority of management posts in different enterprises, according to data from Eurostat. Of the 54,540 Latvians classified as managers, 28,778 are women. The fact that women are chief executives, managing directors, sales and marketing managers is not new. Back in 2006, almost 43% of managers in Latvia were female, the highest proportion in the EU.

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