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Founder of JUMP

Women for Europe
Europe for Women

Women's rights are the main indicator of the state of development of a society. Equal opportunities between women and men, their equal ability to deploy their talent in the labour market, their financial independence and full citizenship are not only essential for our economic well-being, but also for our personal happiness, collective well-being and for the preservation and promotion of our democratic model. Without equality there cannot be an appeased society, nor social progress...

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25
MAY
2019

Pour l’égalité, on repassera ! Paris - Zéromacho repasse avec succès

17
JUN
2019

Gender in Finance Brussels -
Why Diversity Matters

18
JUN
2019

JUMP Forum Paris - La transformation digitale : comment faire d’un risque une opportunitE pour l’EgalitE ?

11
JUL
2019

JUMP Hub Paris - LIBÉREZ VOTRE ENTREPRISE DU SEXISME

26
SEP
2019

JUMP Hub Brussels - Customised career paths: how to manage the different career phases for more gender balance

28
NOV
2019

JUMP Hub Brussels - Inclusion and well-being at work : how to build a workplace free from sexism & inacceptable behaviours

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The 14 women who could take over the EU

POLITICS & MEDIA MAÏA DE LA BAUME & LILI BAYER | POLITICO

Donald Tusk said it might be ‘difficult’ to achieve gender parity at the top of the EU. Here are some potential candidates. If you’re hoping for a post-election Brussels elite that is less pale and male, don’t hold your breath. Last week, European Council President Donald Tusk promised to strive for geographic, demographic, political and gender balance among candidates for the EU’s top jobs.

The WECAN letter

POLITICS & MEDIA WOMEN ENABLERS

The WECAN letter below was sent on 15 May 2019 to Lead candidates in the European elections with copies to Council President Donald Tusk, Chairs of the European Parliament political groups and Member State EU Ambassadors and Deputy Ambassadors. The letter was based on the WECAN Pledge on Gender Proof Growth. The Women Enablers Change Agent Network in collaboration with important organisations and companies across Europe...

Our Manifesto for a Feminist Europe

POLITICS & MEDIA MAÏA DE LA BAUME & LILI BAYER | POLITICO

In May 2019, European citizens will vote to decide on the new composition of the European Parliament. The outcome of the elections will also have an impact on the face of the new European Commission and will have an influence on European politics, taking on the present and shaping the future of women and girls in Europe. Though we would like to believe otherwise, data show that women are still very much second-class citizens in the European Union (EU).

Women’s Rights Backlash and Feminist Revival: Gender Equality in 2019

OPINIONS LILIA GIUGNI | THE GLOBE POST

When I went to primary school in Southern Italy in the 1990s, humankind’s supposedly unstoppable march towards progress was the recurrent theme in my history books. While the American and French Revolution prominently figured as steps in this glorious journey, the struggle for women’s emancipation and the challenges they still faced didn’t receive honorable mentions in my school curriculum.

Pledge for parity in European Leadership

POLITICS & MEDIA institutdelors.eu

We want a European leadership that reflects Europe. All of Europe. Women too. The European Parliament election takes place all over Europe. In all EU Member States, women and men are on the ballot. We hope you will all go vote so that our European Parliament is representative of women and men in equal numbers. Equal representation is in everyone’s interest. It is not a woman issue.

Votez femmes… pour en finir avec la politique de papa

INTERVIEW ISABELLA LENARDUZZI MÉLANIE GEELKENS | LE VIF

Parce qu’elles représentent 51 % de la population. Parce qu’elles restent minoritaires en politique. Parce que les mesures pour faire progresser leur présence atteignent leurs limites. Parce que si on laisse faire les partis, plutôt machos, on peut toujours attendre. Parce que les assemblées doivent être le miroir de la société. Parce que des modèles sont nécessaires. Parce que la parité améliore la démocratie. Et qu’elle en a bien besoin !

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11
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SEP 2019

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De la diversité à l’inclusion: qu’est qu’un management inclusif

26
SEP 2019

Brussels
How to drive cultural change and build allies for gender balance

28
NOV 2019

Brussels
Inclusion and well-being at work : how to build a workplace free from sexism & inacceptable behaviours

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Kilo-girls: The Hidden Story Behind Supercomputers

FORMUM JUMP PARIS DEBRA LEE | LEARNING TIMES

Early computing devices were measured in kilo-girl hours because the world’s first supercomputers were women, not machines. Women, or human computers as they were known, were used for this numerical needlework because they were more careful than men and willing to work for half of what similarly skilled men would.

Melinda Gates: ‘The VC industry funnels money to white men’

FORMUM JUMP PARIS Melinda Gates | WIRED UK

The venture capital industry has an outsized influence over deciding the leaders of tomorrow. But while 82 per cent of venture capitalists are male and 70 per cent are white, innovation is stalling before its started. A decade ago, a polling firm asked British workers to cast their vote for the most annoying example of business jargon.

Employing more women could boost economies by 35 percent, says IMF chief Christine Lagarde

STATISTICS & REPORTS EMMA NEWBURGER | CNBC

Hiring more women and abolishing discriminatory laws would significantly boost the world economy, according to Christine Lagarde. In a recent interview with The Guardian, the head of the International Monetary Fund ...

Feminism tells a different story and we need it more than ever

SOCIETY & GENDER JEANETTE WINTERSON | FINANCIAL TIMES

As the west worries about the future of liberal democracy, there is plenty of analysis on how the competing ideologies of fascism, communism and liberal democracy battled it out in the 20th century, leading to what looked like a secure win for liberal democracy.

Don’t let industry write the rules for AI

FORMUM JUMP PARIS Yochai Benkler | nature.com

Industry has mobilized to shape the science, morality and laws of artificial intelligence. On 10 May, letters of intent are due to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for a new funding programme for projects on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence, in collaboration with Amazon.

i’m a white, male, MD in the media industry. And I previously looked at D&I from the wrong angle

ENGAGING MEN WILL BROOKES

I actually wrote the bulk of this post a month ago. I didn’t post it because I feared people would just think I was trying to tick a box...

EQUILEAP announces the world’s top 200 companies leading in gender equality

CORPORATE PRACTICES EQUILEAP

Equileap, the social enterprise seeking to accelerate gender equality, today announces the 200 top performing global compagnies for gender equality. US-based General Motors takes the number one spot in the Top 200, followed by French-based compagnies L’Oréal (also number one in Europe) and Kering. The top five are rounded out with the US pharmaceutical business Merck & Co and Telecommunications giant StarHub in Singapore. StarHub also takes the top spot in Asia Pacific.

Opinion: 10 reasons gender diversity can make you money (and you don’t need to be a feminist to profit)

CORPORATE PRACTICES MEREDITH JONES | MARKET WATCH

One of the fundamental components of Responsible Investing, particular those strategies with a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, is diversity. While some may continue to struggle with diversity from a wholly moral perspective, one need not feel an ethical obligation toward diversity to see economic benefits from a financial perspective.

Écart salarial hommes-femmes : la guerre des chiffres

INTERVIEW ISABELLA LENARDUZZI Julien Winkel | www.alterechos.be

Le 8 mars dernier, Journée des droits des femmes, a failli nous rendre fous. En cause : des chiffres – très – différents qui ont circulé concernant l’écart salarial entre les hommes et les femmes en Belgique. 3,3 % ? 19,4 % ? Alter Échos a tenté d’y voir plus clair. Et a déniché un scoop : ils sont tous les deux corrects…

The gender pay gap: why more female managers does not necessarily equate to higher earnings for women

STATISTICS & REPORTS SCHITEC EUROPA

How is the gender pay gap affected by the share of female managers in an organisation? A new paper assesses why more women in management roles does not equate to higher female earnings.

Why it makes sense to invest in companies with a healthy gender balance

CORPORATE PRACTICES ALICE HAINE | THE NATIONAL

Sustainable investing – where investors focus on socially conscious investments that aim to build a better world – has been gaining traction over the past few decades. In 2016, one dollar in every five was invested ethically, totalling $8.7 trillion (Dh31.95tn), according to the SIF Foundation, the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investing based in Washington.

Gender Lens Investing: Bending the Arc of Finance for Women & Girls

OPINIONS VERIS WEALTH PARTNERS

Interest in Gender Lens Investing continues to grow significantly. In its latest report on Gender Lens Investing, Veris Wealth Partners examines the key developments of the past 12 months and highlights the investment providers who are meeting the growing investor demand.

Books

Développez votre leadership

BOOKS GISÈLE SZCZYGLAK | LIBRAIRIES EYROLLES

Face à un environnement de plus en plus complexe, à la pression de la concurrence, à la mise en œuvre de transformations nécessitant un engagement continu des équipes, les entreprises demandent de plus en plus aux managers de se comporter et d’agir en leaders. Mais devenir leader ne s’improvise pas…
Ce BASIC propose au manager une démarche structurée pour cultiver son influence et entraîner son équipe dans l’action...

PLAIDOYER POUR L'ÉGALITÉ - Année zéro

BOOKS Cristina Lunghi | Editions-harmattan

Dans un contexte chaotique, où il est question de changement de système et de société, à la veille des élections européennes, l'auteure propose une réflexion inspirante sur le monde tel qu'il se dessine. Son approche originale vise à porter un regard nouveau sur le monde à travers la question de l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes. À travers son expertise dans le champ de l'entreprise mêlé à sa vie de femme, elle dresse un bilan à la fois historique et prospectif sur nos sociétés.

Ma réalité augmentée

BOOKS VÉRANNE DURY-CHARBONNIER | LES EDITIONS OVADIA

Que se passe-t-il lorsqu’on demande à un GPS de nous emmener sur la Lune? Il perd tous ses repères! Devant notre plus grande ambition – être soi-même – aucun panneau de signalisation. Dans un monde en perpétuel mouvement, le changement ne peut se produire qu’à une condition, celle de lâcher nos certitudes-prisons.
Véranne, entrepreneuse, femme moderne, épouse et mère, fait contre toute attente le pari d’un chemin moins tracé. Des premières questions à la mise en action...

L’apocalypse numérique n’aura pas lieu

FORMUM JUMP PARIS Guy Mamou-Mani | L'Observatoire

Un livre passionnant et salutaire. Guy Mamou-Mani vient de publier son coup de gueule et ses espoirs avec ce livre à la fois précis, visionnaire et engagé, qui fait le tour de la question de la société confrontée à la vague de fond du numérique.

SUPER COLLECTIF - La nouvelle puissance de nos intelligences

FORMUM JUMP PARIS Émile Servan-Schreiber | Editions Fayard

Le QI d’un groupe est corrélé à sa proportion de femmes. Dans son dernier ouvrage, Émile Servan-Schreiber, docteur en psychologie cognitive, met en lumière l’impact des femmes sur l’intelligence collective. Et s’appuie pour cela sur une étude scientifique menée par le MIT et l’université de Carnegie Mellon sur le QI du groupe. Dans ce livre, il expose sa colère et ses espoirs.

100+ INCLUSION PRACTICES

FORMUM JUMP PARIS THAIS COMPOINT | DECLIC INTERNATIONAL

MAKING INCLUSION HAPPEN IN EVERYDAY LIFE “Yes, driving inclusion and diversity is a must in today’s world. I get it. But what am I supposed to do concretely?” To answer this recurrent question from business leaders, Thais Compoint, a multiple award-winning global specialist in inclusive leadership, collated more than 100 inclusion practices in this unique eBook.

100+ INCLUSION PRACTICES

FORMUM JUMP PARIS ANNE EVERARD | Albin Michel

C’est une maladie encore méconnue mais de plus en plus fréquente : un véritable crash qui abolit tous les repères et dont on ne se remet pas seul.

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Le concept de l’homme ordinaire : Une nouvelle perspective sur le progrès pour l’égalité des genres

CORPORATE PRACTICES DELOITTE

Pourquoi les organisations ont-elles de la difficulté à atteindre l’égalité homme-femme aux échelons supérieurs? Cela pourrait s’expliquer en grande partie par le fait que les hommes se sentent toujours culturellement contraints de travailler sans relâche pour atteindre un statut dans leur milieu de travail – ce qui les empêche de partager des responsabilités en dehors du travail avec leur partenaire de vie et de permettre aux femmes d’avoir un avancement professionnel plus rapide.

Why Chief Diversity Officers Often Fail

CORPORATE PRACTICES JANICE GASSAM | FORBES

Many companies are introducing a new position within corporate leadership that focuses on how to create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. The newest addition to many C-suites across organizations is the chief diversity officer (CDO). Pinterest decided to hire its first CDO, Candice Morgan, in 2016. At the beginning of 2018, Uber hired its first CDO, Bo Young Lee. The hire came with the intentions of revamping the company’s image following several high-profile scandals, including claims of racial and gender discrimination within the company.

Boards Are Overlooking Qualified Women. Here’s How to Fix That

CORPORATE PRACTICES RAM CHARAN & DENNIS CAREY | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

Today’s gap between the demand and supply of female directors exists for two basic reasons: boards are overlooking a pool of female talent that is in plain sight, and CEOs are missing the single best way to prepare women to serve on boards. Consider the reality that most women executives have spent their careers moving up in a single functional silo: HR.

LA MIXITÉ, LE PROCHAIN COMBAT DE LA FINANCE DURABLE

CORPORATE PRACTICES ARNAUD DUMAS | NOVETHIC

Des fonds thématiques sur la parité dans les entreprises commencent à voir le jour. Et ce n’est pas une mince affaire ! Les femmes continuent à rencontrer des difficultés à atteindre les fonctions de direction des entreprises. La société de gestion Mirova vient de créer un fonds à contre-courant des statistiques, qui investira dans les sociétés où les femmes prennent le pouvoir.

Unraveling the fabric ceiling

EDUCATION & ECONOMY PWC

Tracking female leadership in the apparel industry. The lack of female leadership in the C-suite is not news to anyone, yet the problem persists. Although women comprise half the workforce in the United States, they remain vastly underrepresented at the highest executive levels: A scant 4.8% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Only 12.5% of apparel and retail apparel companies in the Fortune 1000 are led by women.

Female-voice AI reinforces bias, says UN report

FORMUM JUMP PARIS BBC

AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a UN study. These female helpers are portrayed as “obliging and eager to please”, reinforcing the idea that women are “subservient”, it finds. Particularly worrying, it says, is how they often give “deflecting, lacklustre or apologetic responses” to insults. The report calls for technology firms to stop making voice assistants female by default. The study from Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is entitled, I’d blush if I could, which is borrowed from a response from Siri to being called a sexually provocative term. “Companies like Apple and Amazon, staffed by overwhelmingly male engineering teams, have built AI systems that cause their feminised digital assistants to greet verbal abuse with catch-me-if-you-can flirtation,” the report says.