Ultraviolet Continues To Press Case For Adding Women To Facebook’s Board

Women’s group Ultraviolet continued to press its case for Facebook to add women to its board of directors, releasing a new video stating its case.

Women’s group Ultraviolet continued to press its case for Facebook to add women to its board of directors, releasing a new video stating its case.

Ultraviolet, which describes itself as “a new women’s group fighting to expand women’s rights and combat sexism everywhere,” circulated a petition last month to protest the social network’s all-male board, collecting more than 53,000 online signatures and following that up with an April 25 protest outside Facebook’s New York headquarters.

Ultraviolet Co-Founder Shaunna Thomas issued the following statement to accompany the video:

Later this week, in one of the most high-profile and highly anticipated initial public offerings in history, Facebook will become a publicly traded company and make numerous new multimillionaires.

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