Facebook All But Ignores Protesters at New York Headquarters

NEW YORK, NY – The handful of protesters that gathered in front of Facebook’s office on Madison Avenue at noon was disappointed when the company refused to accept a petition signed by 53,000 users asking the company to include women on its board of directors.

“The entire company is driven, in large part, by women,” said Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of the online women’s rights group UltraViolet that organized the protest. “The majority of users are women, the majority of users who share on Facebook are women; and the fact that they couldn’t find a single woman to be a part of the highest level of their governing structure does not say great things about the company’s approach to women in leadership roles.”

The group has targeted Facebook because they are “so much on the front lines of tech innovations in so many different areas,” said Thomas.