Americans are ready for a woman president

POLITICS & MEDIA LEAN IN

Lean In new research shows that Americans are ready for a woman president. We just need to set aside the false belief that America isn’t ready and outdated notions of what it means to be “presidential” and “electable.” An interactive tool that recommends what to say when you hear biased reactions to women candidates like, “I just don’t think a woman can win” or “She’s not presidential.”

When Women Are on Boards, Male CEOs Are Less Overconfident

LATEST RESEARCH JIE CHEN WOON | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

A number of governments (notably those in India, California, and parts of Europe) are pushing for greater female representation in the boardroom. And several studies suggest why: Having women on the board results better acquisition and investment decisions and in less aggressive risk-taking, yielding benefits for shareholders. What’s less clear is why these effects happen.

Too few women are reaching the top of their organizations, and a big reason is that they are not getting the high-stakes assignments that are prerequisite for a shot at the C-suite. Often, this is due to a lack of powerful sponsors demanding and ensuring that they get these stepping-stone jobs. Les scientifiques ont beau professer la rigueur...

Career fear: Driving characteristic of a male-coded workplace

CORPORATE PRACTICES DOROTHY DALTON | 3PLUS INTERNATIONAL

What needs to change in the male-coded workplace? The male-coded workplace is defined by several characteristics that discourage female participation, and career fear is at the heart of it. Our current workplaces were built by men for men. In historical terms, women have entered the organisational fray only relatively recently.

Egalité salariale EN FRANCE : le couperet du 1er septembre

COMPANIES & GENDER ANNE MOREAUX | AFFICHES PARISIENNES

Les entreprises françaises sont-elles au clair sur leur application des nouvelles règles relatives à l’égalité de traitement en entreprise ? Voté en août 2018, l’index d’égalité salariale va s’appliquer aux entreprises de 250 à 1 000 salariés à partir du 1er septembre. Cette mesure, qui s’inscrit dans la grande cause nationale du quinquennat et la Loi pour la Liberté ...

Too few women are reaching the top of their organizations, and a big reason is that they are not getting the high-stakes assignments that are prerequisite for a shot at the C-suite. Often, this is due to a lack of powerful sponsors demanding and ensuring that they get these stepping-stone jobs.

‘Women, Men & The Whole Damn Thing’

BOOKS BY AVIVAH WITTENBERG-COX | forbes.com

David Leser is a brave man. He has thrown himself, in an eight-month writing sprint, into a global review of the #MeToo movement—covering both its roots and branches in Women, Men & The Whole Damn Thing. The book grew from an article he wrote for Australia’s Good Weekend magazine that went viral. An enlightened, liberal journalist, the book is also a record of his personal journey towards woke-ness, with an admission that he thought he awoke long ago. He invites other men to read it and journey in his footsteps.

The Moment of Lift. How Empowering Women Changes the World

BOOKS EVOKE

In her first book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Melinda Gates makes a bold claim: when we lift up women, we lift up humanity. After years of travel, humanitarian work and extensive research, Melinda introduces us to the women she’s met along the way. Their stories are brutally honest, gut-wrenching, inspiring and triumphant. They show us how, time and time again, empowered women rise up and bring their families and communities with them.

The Gendered Brain by Gina Rippon review – demolition of a sexist myth

BOOKS BY RACHEL COOKE | THE GUARDIAN

What do little girls like? As a child, I preferred Lego to dolls and, if asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, was apt to reply: a detective, or a reporter. My parents were scientists, so our household was in some ways less obviously gendered than most (though I went on to do an arts degree, two of my sisters read biochemistry and maths at university). Nevertheless, it was always in the air: the way girls should be, and therefore are.

Rentrée littéraire féministe : les 10 livres (voire plus) à dévorer

BOOKS BY CHARLINE CAUCHIE | RTBF INFO

Quelles sont les grands thèmes féministes qui marqueront cette rentrée littéraire 2019 ? Le harcèlement en ligne raconté par la belge Myriam Leroy, l’éco-féminisme délicatement mis en mots par une Monica Sabolo au sommet de son art, la prostitution vue par une jeune autrice qui l’a pratiquée ou encore les nouvelles masculinités analysées par l’historien Ivan Jablonka ? Après la sorcière en 2018, que nous réserve la rentrée 2019 ?

'Women don't ask' is a myth

BOOKS businessinsider.fr

Two gender equality experts say women aren't getting ahead, and it's because of how workplaces are set up. For most of the last century, there was a sharp division of labor between women and men. Among urban married couples in middle and upper socioeconomic groups, men worked outside of the home, while women worked in the home tending to family and hearth. As recently as 1950, only 26% of married women worked outside of the home.

Réjane Sénac, L’égalité sans condition. Osons nous imaginer et être semblables

BOOKS BY Alain Policar | en-attendant-nadeau.fr

Livre après livre, Réjane Sénac poursuit le nécessaire travail de démystification de notre mythologie républicaine. Elle touche juste et, pour l’essentiel, convainc. Il s’avère que l’égalité inconditionnelle n’est envisageable qu’en se libérant de la dichotomie frères/non-frères héritée de la République. Le lecteur sceptique, une fois l’ouvrage refermé, devra bien admettre qu’il convient de voir la réalité autrement.