gwen young, coo of the women business collaborative, explained to me that the state's defense of the law stating that companies could add more seats to the board and thus add more women to the board isn't enough. >> if you expand the seats and you're filling those with men and you're expanding so you can put one more woman, you're still not increasing that percentage, that voice, that perspective and expertise is still not being represented and heard in the same way if it was 20%, 30%, or 50% of the board. >> reporter: a report co-written found that last year, 2021, was what it called a watershed year for women on corporate boards with the largest ever year-over-year increase for women on corporate boards. women held 27% of board seats last year, up from 24% in 2020. and african american board mul membership increased 32%. gwen young says there's more recent progress. >> even more important is women are comprising even in april, 40% of appointments to the boards of public companies. of those 40%, we're finding on average 30% of those self-identify as people of color. so what's import

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