Where to find the latest data on women and men in decision-making?

COMPANIES & GENDER EIGE

We are pleased to announce that EIGE has recently taken over the European Commission’s database on women and men in decision-making. The data will complement other areas of gender statistics already covered by EIGE’s Gender...

GRAMMAIRE ET MIXITé : COHÉRENCE ET RESPONSABILITÉ

INSPIRING INTERVIEWS CATHERINE GRANDCOING | VARIANCES.EU

Parce que tout signe, même le plus anodin aux yeux de beaucoup, porte en lui plus de sens qu’il n’y paraît. Qu’en ce 8 mars, notre pensée progresse sans réserve ni limite. Il n’y paraît. Qu’en ce 8 mars, notre pensée progresse sans réserve ni limite...

Are Women’s Leadership Assumptions Holding Them Back

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER XIAOWEI ROSE LUO | INSEAD.EDU

There has been a lot of discussion about the stereotypes contributing to the lack of women in the c-suite. But one of the biggest obstacles could be their own assumptions on what path they’re supposed to take.

2017 Report on equality between women and men in the EU

GENDER AT WORK EWPS

Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union and one that has been enshrined in the Treaty from the very beginning, as the Treaty of Rome included a provision on equal pay. Over the last 60 years, societal changes and persistent policy efforts have established a trend towards gender equality.

In world first, Iceland to require firms to prove equal pay

COMPANIES & GENDER JILL LAWLESS | THE WASHINGTON POST

Iceland will be the first country in the world to make employers prove they offer equal pay regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or nationality, the Nordic nation’s government said Wednesday — International Women’s Day. The government said it will introduce legislation...

Why universities can’t see women as leaders

COMPANIES & GENDER LOUISE TICKLE | THE GUARDIAN

The roles women take in universities aren’t recognised as routes to the top. But they demand as much drive as the posts traditionally scooped up by men
On International Women’s Day 2017, it is sobering to acknowledge that still, just a fifth of UK higher education institutions are headed by a female vice-chancellor. And nothing’s...

Whose Career Takes Priority? Decision-Making Strategies For Dual-Career Couples

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER CAROLINE CENIZA-LEVINE | MARC

As a recruiter, I’ve seen many job offers fall apart over the significant other. For example, in a relocation, the candidate was willing to make the move but the partner nixed it. Even in an offer situation for the same city, a partner’s hesitation could derail the deal.

L’égalité salariale devient une réalité en Islande, et dans l’UE ?

GENDER AT WORK OBSERVATOIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA DIVERSITÉ

L’Islande, déjà bien avancée en matière d’égalité femmes-hommes, s’engage officiellement pour garantir l’égalité salariale grâce à une législation qui prévoit l’égalité réelle pour 2022. À prendre en exemple ! Thorsteinn Viglundsson, ministre des Affaires sociales et de l’Égalité en Islande, ...

Mad & Woman : portrait d’agence

BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS MÉLANIE ROOSEN | L'ADN

« Il y en a marre de devoir se battre contre les a priori ». Christelle Delarue a créé Mad & Woman il y a deux ans. Loin des clichés et du féminisme, portrait d’une agence qui offre un prisme d’analyse féminin. Christelle Delarue, 33 ans, est une femme, et une entrepreneuse. A la tête de l’agence Mad & Woman,...

The Real Reasons Women Don’t Report Sexual Harassment

COMPANIES & GENDER RUTH READER | FAST COMPANY

Even with a good company culture, most women never report sexual harassment. Why? The odds are stacked against them. Earlier this year, I found myself in the middle of the Women’s March on Washington, darkly joking with two women in their fifties I had never met before, about how the three of us had all faced sexual harassment in our careers. Only one of us had ever gone to human...

Égalité professionnelle en France : les PME désarmées

GENDER AT WORK MARINA FABRE | COMPANIES & GENDER

Depuis 2013, un décret oblige les entreprises de plus de 50 salarié.e.s à déposer un plan d’action sur l’égalité professionnelle auprès des services de l’État. Les grandes entreprises s’en sortent bien. Ce n’est pas le cas des PME. Résultat : elles représentent la grande majorité des entreprises sanctionnées financièrement. Les syndicats patronaux dénoncent un texte “inadapté”.

What’s the #1 barrier for inclusion and diversity?

COMPANIES & GENDER ADAM QUINTON | DECLIC INTERNATIONAL

Most people say they appreciate diversity. However, human beings innately perceive anyone different as a threat because our brain has an evolutionary requirement to do so. Our human tendency is to divide the social world into groups, in groups (the groups we belong to), and out groups. As a result, we treat instinctively ingroup members with care and outgroup members with caution. We tend to stay in our comfort zones...

Finding A New Job – The “When” and the “How"

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER NICKI GILMOUR | THE GLASS HAMMER

There are many reasons to get a new job. It is worth exploring before you jump ship what it is you do not like at your current job and within that, why you do not like it. This way you have a better chance at not repeating the experience in the next job and in actual fact, you might find you ways to stay in your current position and...

Five Lessons Companies Should Learn From Uber About Sexual Harassment

COMPANIES & GENDER JEFFERY TOBIAS HALTER | THE HUFFINGTON POST

Today the bull’s-eye falls on Uber and Silicon Valley but tomorrow it may be your industry or company.
It’s 2017 and Fortune 500 companies are still dealing with the issues of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. While recent high-profile lawsuits are...

MANUEL DE SURVIE POUR LES FEMMES POLITIQUES… ET TOUTES LES FEMMES EN GÉNÉRAL !

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER NOUS-LES-FEMMES.ORG

Sandrine Rousseau, porte-parole d’Europe Ecologie-les Verts, a rédigé un Manuel de survie à destination des femmes en politique dans lequel elle recense, avec humour, les manifestations de sexisme ordinaire. Les femmes politiques ne contrôlent pas...

5 Frustrating Generalizations about Women

HIGHLIGHTS DOROTHY DALTON | 3PLUSINTERNATIONAL

There are a number of generalizations about women which are a huge source of frustration, irritation even. Some sadly are even iterated by women. They have become shorthand for broader statements but are either incorrect or over simplifications of nuanced situations. Whatever the reason they are embedded in our thinking which is not only unhelpful, but can be damaging.

Women in Work Index 2017

GENDER & GENDER PWC.CO.UK

The potential $2 trillion prize from closing the gender pay gap
Summary
This year’s update of the Women in Work Index shows that the OECD has continued its gradual progress towards greater female economic empowerment. The Nordic countries, particularly Iceland, Sweden and Norway, continue to occupy the top positions on the Index. We also explore the gender pay gap in more detail and the time it will take for each country to close the gap at...

Kinky Birds – Elsa Poisot: les violences sexistes dans l’espace public

A l’heure où la ville de Charleroi connaît un renouveau urbanistique, l’ASBL Maison Plurielle vous propose d’analyser ce nouvel espace public à l’aide d’une paire de lunettes dite genrée. Les femmes sont-elles davantage en insécurité dans l’espace citoyen ? Mettent-elles en place des stratégies d’évitement à certaines heures, dans certains quartiers, au sein de certains transports en commun ? ...

Seven Changes that make your Gender Equality work impactful, accepted and valuable

COMPANIES & GENDER MICHAEL STUBER | DIVERSITYMINE.EU

Hundreds of leading women at the World Women Leadership Congress in Mumbai filled the large ballroom with stunning expertise and vibrant engagement. The only panel of that day, 17 February, discussed a delicate question: The invisible dynamics of gender bias. The only man on the panel, Michael Stuber, shares his top recommendations from 20 years of experience in advancing...

Stagnation seit Quotenstart? Big Data zu Frauen im Management

GENDER & GENDER DIVERSITYTEAM | DIVERSITYMINE.EU

Deutschlands große Firmendatenbank, Bisnode, enthält Zahlen von etwa 228.000 Unternehmen mit rund 736.000 Managerinnen und Managern, davon knapp 155.000 Frauen. Eine jährliche Auswertung liefert viele interessante Zahlen und Trends. Interpretationen und Folgerungen stehen indes auf einem anderen Blatt.
Seit Einführung der Frauenquote stagniert der Frauenanteil...

6 leçons à tirer de l’afroféminisme américain

BOOKS NASSIRA HEDJERASSI | STREETPRESS

Un deuxième livre de Bell Hooks vient d'être publié en France. Nassira Hedjerassi revient sur cette figure du black feminism américain, qui veut faire du féminisme un mouvement de masse.
Il faut (re)découvrir bell hooks. Le premier essai de cette figure féministe afro-américaine, Ne suis-je pas une femme ? n’a été traduit et publié en France qu’en 2016(link is external) (ed.Cambourakis). Le second, ...