Women's underrepresentation on corporate boards is a matter of unprecedented scrutiny and debate in both academic and practitioner circles. In Europe, we recently witnessed concerted political efforts to address this issue.Against this backdrop, our e-book aims to examine current and new factors that shape women's pathways to boards and their experiences as board directors in distinct national settings. The three papers included draw on a range of methodologies and data sources (both quantitative and qualitative methods; primary and secondary data), and focus on three country contexts with different approaches to gender diversity on boards.