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Redefine power to end abuses. Can we get there if men share the power with women?

It’s not only economic power that remains the preserve of men… but political power as well. In summer 2017, only 23.3% of national parliamentarians in the Member States of the United Nations were women, and only 5,2% (ie .10 of them) were heads of state (that number rises to 17 if you include Queens and Presidents). It’s a similar story with the number of female CEOs in large companies.

We are well aware of the disillusionment and distrust concerning politics. More and more people are sickened by the arrogance, inefficiencies and greed of some of our leaders. In Belgium, we have witnessed quite a few departures of high-ranking female politicians who think that the personal price to pay is too high compared to the limited impact they have on society. They also warn us of the unhealthy direction that power is taking and are exhausted of the increasing clash with the voters.

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Liège - Les 3 Gaffes Que Font Les Femmes Débordées, Qui Augmentent Leur Stress Et Mettent Leur Famille en Danger

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2017

Paris - TOUR DE FRANCE DE L’ÉGALITÉ

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DEC
2017

Lyon - L’Égalité Femmes-Hommes au travail : Bilan et perspectives

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DEC
2017

Namur - stop à la violence envers les femmes

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DEC
2017

Lyon - JUMP Hub : Innover en matière de leadership inclusif : les nouveaux enjeux pour atteindre l’égalité femmes-hommes

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2017

Paris - Le Parlement du Féminin

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2017

Brussels - JUMP Forum : Redefine power: it’s time to share the power between men and women to transform the practice of leadership

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If You Can’t Find a Spouse Who Supports Your Career, Stay Single

WORK-LIFE BALANCE AVIVAH WITTENBERG-COX HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
I was at a dinner with eight highly successful professional women recently, ranging in age from 35 to 74. Their stories were typical of research I have been conducting on dual-career couples. One had just been given a huge promotion opportunity in another country, but had struggled for several months to get her spouse to agree to join her.

Do Millennial Men Want Stay-at-Home Wives?

HIGHLIGHTS STEPHANIE COONTZ | NYTIMES.COM
Millennials, generally defined as people born between 1982 and 2000, were supposed to be the generation that forged what has been called “a new national consensus” in favor of gender equality. Indeed, in February the prominent Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs labeled the 2016 election, where an extremely qualified female candidate lost to a man with a history of disrespecting women, “a blip” on the road to the egalitarian society...

Being your own priority—a business (and life) imperative

HIGHLIGHTS JENNIFER FISHER | LINKEDIN
Until a few months ago, I felt I was an expert at taking time for myself. I scheduled it on my calendar every day, blocked off as “do not schedule.” so that nothing would get scheduled – self-imposed “Me Time”. I would spend that time in a variety of different ways – sometimes it was for reflection and meditation, other times it was for self-care, and still other times it would be used for deep, focused work. I hung a digital “Do Not Disturb” sign on...

The Fate of Gender: Nature, Nurture and the Human Future
BOOKS FRANK BROWNING

With The Fate of Gender, US science reporter and author Frank Browning (The Culture of Desire, A Queer Geography) has written a very complicated book because… it’s a very complicated subject. There’s a lot more to gender than just endless snits about “blue toys for boys and pink toys for girls”, and Browning not only acknowledges the myriad different strands (and micro-strands), ...

"Le Mythe de la virilité Un piège pour les deux sexes"

written by
OLIVIA GAZALÉ

"Woman’s Essentials Box for the Corporate World"

written by
NARJIS HILALE

"The Unmade Bed: The Messy Truth about Men and Women in the Twenty-first Century"

written by
STEPHEN MARCHE

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It’s 2017 and Amazon only has one woman among its 18 most powerful executives.

EVERYDAY SEXISM JASON DEL REY | RECODE
Even in a technology industry rife with gender disparity, Amazon’s leadership group stands out among the most powerful companies for being almost exclusively an all-boys club. Of the company’s 18 most powerful executives, 17 are men. At the top sits Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his two deputies:

Networking at Work:
How to Accelerate Your Professional Growth and Build Your Career

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER ELLEVATE INVEST IN WOMEN
Many professionals take advantage of the numerous opportunities to network outside of their workplace, however underestimate the importance of networking at work. Networking within your company is key to developing new skills and identifying opportunities for advancement.

LET’S RENEW OUR ADVOCACY FOR GENDER EQUALITY #WFGM17

HIGHLIGHTS BARBARA LEVEEL - GLOBAL HEAD OF DIVERSITY AND HR CSR CHEZ BNP PARIBAS | WOMEN'S FORUM FOR ECONOMY & SOCIETY
Women’s Forum is always a great opportunity to step back and reflect on what is being done today for gender equality in business. As a woman, I feel naturally involved and concerned by the gender equality journey in our society. As a Global Head of Diversity within ...

At this rate, it’ll take 35 years for women to make up half the corporate sky

HIGHLIGHTS PASCALE THORRE | NOKIA
Women are half the world’s population – a wise man once said “women hold up half the sky.” At the current rate, it will take 35 years for women to hold up half the corporate sky! And when we look at the data on women in leadership positions in European or S&P500 companies, for example, we have a bittersweet picture: Only 15.6% of executives and 5.6% of CEOs of large European companies are women. Yes, these two figures have increased over the last four years…

A Study Used Sensors to Show That Men and Women Are Treated Differently at Work

STATISTICS & REPORTS STEPHEN TURBAN, LAURA FREEMAN AND BEN WABER
Gender equality remains frustratingly elusive. Women are underrepresented in the C-suite, receive lower salaries, and are less likely to receive a critical first promotion to manager than men. Numerous causes have been suggested, but one argument that persists points to differences in men and...

Pourquoi les femmes doivent produire les outils numériques du futur

EDUCATION & ECONOMY AURÉLIE JEAN | BUSINESS O FÉMININ
Aurélie Jean, fondatrice de Silico Veritas nous explique pourquoi les femmes doivent s’inscrire pleinement dans cette révolution digitale. Alors que le mot numérique est sur toutes les lèvres, l’implication des femmes dans la production des outils digitaux du futur reste mince.

In Honor of Rita Henley Jensen

INSPIRING WOMEN JAN PASCHAL | WOMEN'S NEWS
Rita Henley Jensen, a prize-winning investigative reporter, a domestic violence survivor and a fighter for women’s rights who founded Women’s eNews, an online news service covering gender inequality and other feminist issues, died on Wednesday. She was 70. The cause was breast cancer, which she had beaten twice before. “We put women and girls on the front page,”

ÊTES-VOUS ATTEINTE DU SYNDROME DE LA BONNE ÉLÈVE ?

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER MANUELA ESTEL | COSMOPOLITAN
lle a eu l’honneur d’écrire au stylo plume dès le CP (#LifeGoal), elle répond parfaitement aux questions du prof, elle rapporte ses bulletins trimestriels à la maison la tête haute, elle réussit son Bac avec mention Très Bien.

Closing the gender gap in mechanical engineering

EDUCATION & ECONOMY MARY BETH O'LEARY | MIT NEWS
Women make up 49.5 percent of MIT’s undergraduates in mechanical engineering, due to department’s proactive approach, study finds. In 2015, comments from a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist claiming female...

Les inégalités femmes-hommes sont tapies au cœur du droit

HIGHLIGHTS L'ECHO
Le droit est le reflet de la société. Même s’il se veut égalitaire, dans la pratique il y a de nombreux biais. Comme ce n’est pas toujours très visible, une toute nouvelle association, Fem & Law, met le sujet du droit et du genre sur la place publique. Par Cécile Berthaud
La Justice est impartiale. C’est sa mission, son objectif. Reste qu’en pratique, il y a des biais, notamment de genre. Nos lois ne sont pas sexistes, loin de là.

University of Virginia professor: ‘Men benefit professionally from sexual harassment’

ENGAGING MEN MARC
University of Virginia professor Siva Vaidhyanathan recalled a time in graduate school when he worked closely with a professor who had “a powerful intellect, great editorial instincts,” and made him a far better writer. His female colleagues, he says, avoided the same opportunity because of the professor’s “notorious” behavior.

Gender Equality:
What Women Are Really Asking Of Men

ENGAGING MEN J.G. BOCCELLA | MARC
Most men are not women’s rights activists. Most men are not academics who study gender equity full-time. Neither are most men hateful sexists. There are millions of men who fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum. And somewhere in the middle of this middle is a group I call the “hidden demographic.” The hidden demographic comprises men who are not oblivious.

Why Women Are Crucial in Design and Tech

CORPORATE PRACTICES SARA WACHTER-BOETTCHER | THE GLASS HAMMER
I was chatting with a woman at a tech conference a while back about sexism in the industry. She rolled her eyes: “Oh, have I got a story for you.” A couple years ago, she was working at a large company’s Silicon Valley innovation center. She was excited. Her company was partnering with a fashion brand to produce a new “fashion-forward” women’s smartwatch, and...

How does business thrive in a disrupted world? Through women’s leadership at all levels

CORPORATE PRACTICES CLARA GAYMARD | LINKEDIN
Across Europe, women represented 24% of corporate board members in 2015, according to Credit Suisse, up from a 14% average in 2010. It’s an encouraging sign that women are rising to the uppermost leadership positions. But look more closely and ...

Tackling ‘the Thin File’ That Can Prevent a Promotion

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER IRIS BOHNET | THE NEW YORK TIMES
Recently, I have worked with a number of professional services firms committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Many offer diversity training and leadership development programs, and many support affinity groups for traditionally underrepresented groups. However, none has been able to crack what sometimes feels like a code set in stone.

All the Angry Ladies

EVERYDAY SEXISM MEGAN GARBER | THE ATLANTIC
The Weinstein moment has had a side effect: the mobilization—and the normalization—of women’s rage. Last month, at an event promoting her new play, The Parisian Woman, Uma Thurman was interviewed by a journalist from Access Hollywood. In vague terms, they discussed Harvey Weinstein, the man who had served as a producer for each of the Quentin Tarantino films Thurman has starred in.

It’s All About Me!
What Happens When A Leader Takes All The Credit?

CORPORATE PRACTICES JOSEPH FOLKMAN | FORBES
You may know a leader who has a habit of taking credit for others’ accomplishments. Their motive typically is to make themselves look more effective, hardworking, or intelligent than others. The reality is that in most situations at work it’s difficult to accurately assign who deserves credit.

Perfection Might Be Our Biggest Enemy

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER MOLLY CONNELL | THE GLASS HAMMER
The call for a gender equal workplace is getting louder, but women are still significantly under-represented in certain fields. When it comes to STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering and Math), there is still a stereotype present that working within these fields is rather for men. As an example, currently, only 13% of practicing engineers are women in the United States.

Research: Becoming a Manager Increases Men’s Job Satisfaction, But Not Women’s

LATEST RESEARCH DANIELA LUP | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Who wouldn’t want a promotion, particularly to a role with leadership responsibilities? It’s hard to argue against more power and more pay. And indeed, promotions to managerial roles are typically associated with an increase in job satisfaction. Management scholars and practitioners have long...

How to be approachable to direct feedback

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER 3 PLUS INTERNATIONAL
How often do you hear or ask for direct feedback? Being open and receptive to direct feedback is a vital leadership skill – but do we make it easy for people especially of we are the boss? Have you ever been in a situation where you know someone wants to say something to you but they are tying themselves in knots beating around the bush?

Gérer les conflits avec l’intelligence émotionnelle

WORK-LIFE BALANCE LATIFA GALLO | BUSINESS O FÉMININ
Développez votre intelligence émotionnelle afin de mieux gérer les conflits. Les conseils de Latifa GALLO coach certifiée et auteure de « 50 règles d’or de la gestion des conflits » (ed Larousse) Votre interlocuteur vous agresse et vous déverse son mécontentement, ...

We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER JANE EDISON STEVENSON AND EVELYN ORR | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Only 6.4% of Fortune 500 companies are run by female CEOs, and while there is incremental progress — there are 32 female CEOs this year, the highest percentage ever, compared with only 21 last year.

Le choix d’une vie
BOOKS CARDYN ALIA

« Voici mon histoire. Elle aurait pu être si différente. Sans doute est-ce le réflexe facile d'une vie mature que de revisiter ses choix, d'oser les regarder pour ce qu'ils sont, autant de pas dans toutes les directions. Pourtant, je n'avais de cesse de marcher avec un but précis. À la minute de ma naissance, alors que je prenais ma première inspiration pour pousser ce cri puissant en quête d'air et de chaleur, mon destin était déjà tracé. Une chance m'était enlevée et le chronomètre lancé. Les lumières éblouissaient mes yeux s'ouvrant sur ce monde et il me restait si peu de temps pour réaliser mon rêve. »

HARCÈLEMENT, DISCRIMINATION: VERS UNE EXPLOSION DU NOMBRE DE PLAINTES EN FRANCE?

EDUCATION & ECONOMY GILLES MARCHAND | FOCUS HR
Comment les entreprises peuvent-elles se préparer au risque bien réel d’explosion du nombre de plaintes ? Le point avec Isabelle Ayache-Revah, avocate associée du cabinet Raphaël Avocats. Pour quelles raisons le gouvernement a-t-il décidé de plafonner le montant des indemnités prud’homales en cas de licenciement sans cause réelle ou sérieuse ?

Féminisation des grandes entreprises : quels sont les bons et les mauvais élèves?

CORPORATE PRACTICES LA TRIBUNE
Depuis 2013, le cabinet Ethics and Boards, fait le classement, dans les entreprises les plus grandes cotées en Bourse (SBF 120), des sociétés qui respectent au mieux la féminisation dans les instances dirigeantes et la politique de mixité. Les mauvais élèves aussi sont pointées du doigt. a société foncière Gecina, le groupe de cosmétiques L’Oréal et le groupe immobilier Icade arrivent en tête d’un classement...

CEOs Explain How They Gender-Balanced Their Boards

CORPORATE PRACTICES STEFANIE K. JOHNSON AND KIMBERLY DAVIS | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
For the first time in eight years, the percent of women on U.S. corporate boards declined last year. Despite more evidence about the benefits of the increasing the number women on boards (such as better decision making), and mounting pressure from groups like State Street Global Advisers and Blackrockto do so, the data suggest it will take until the end of 2055 to have board parity...

Gérard Biard : « l’homme est un prédateur sexuel et c’est parfaitement accepté, voire encouragé »

EVERYDAY SEXISM CAROLINE FLEPP | 50 - 50 MAGAZINE
Gérard Biard, rédacteur en chef de Charlie Hebdo est également co-fondateur et porte-parole du réseau international Zeromacho. Homme engagé contre la prostitution et pour l’égalité femmes/hommes, il a certainement plus de légitimité à s’exprimer sur la question du harcèlement sexuel que certains...

Countries need to do much more to close gender gaps worldwide, according to a new OECD report.

STATISTICS & REPORTS OECD
The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle presents a stark call to action, highlighting that very little progress has been made since the 2012 OECD report Closing the Gender Gap Now. “The pursuit of gender equality must be a priority to achieve sustainable, inclusive growth for the benefit of every citizen,” said OECD Chief of Staff and G20 Sherpa Gabriela Ramos at the launch...

Miss Pérou: pas de mensurations, mais les chiffres des violences faites aux femmes

EVERYDAY SEXISM LEXPRESS.FR
En pleine retransmission télévisée du concours national de beauté au Pérou, les candidates ont cité le nombre de “féminicides” perpétrés dans leur pays. “Mon nom est Camila Canicoba et mes mensurations sont: 2202 féminicides en neuf ans dans mon pays.” L’élection de Miss Pérou, retransmise en direct à la télévision dimanche 29 octobre, a été détournée par les candidates pour dénoncer...

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