14 May 2013
10 May 2013
27 March 2013 - Bordeaux
In the context of the “Digital Week” in the city of Bordeaux, WIL Vice-President Viviane Chaine-Ribeiro, CEO of Lefebvre Software, President of Femmes du Numérique and Vice President of Pasc@line, acted as one of the key speakers at a conference on “Women’s Access to the Digital Sector: a national and economic issue”.
13 March 2013
An excellent new media outlet has been co-founded by young female entrepreneur Irène Toporkoff. Worldcrunch is an innovative new global news site aimed at delivering the best journalistic articles from around the world.
06 March 2013 - Paris
On 6th March, in the build-up to the celebration of International Women’s Day, Claude Bartolone, the President of the French National Assembly, invited top level managers, leaders of women’s associations, elected delegates, human resources managers, researchers and journalists to a dinner debate addressing equality in the labor market.
01 March 2013
French speakers can now sign up for the new training cycle at IHEST for 2013/2014.
01 March 2013
On 4th March 2013, the European Commission launched a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs, calling on Europe's digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to join, and to address the projected deficit of 900 000 skilled ICT workers expected in Europe by 2015.
28 February 2013
Today is Equal Pay Day in Europe, which marks the number of days women have to work “for free” in 2013, in order to earn the same amount as men did in 2012. This year, the day falls on the 28th February, slightly earlier than in the two previous years, the European Commission reports.
28 February 2013
On 8th March 2013, coinciding with International Women's Day, the Global Board Ready Women searchable database will be opened up to Executive Search Firms and Corporate Chairs from around the world.
27 February 2013
WIL co-founder and sponsor Microsoft Corporation has launched the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, a multi-year project through which the company will actively engage in Africa’s economic development to improve its global competitiveness.
27 February 2013
On 20th February, Microsoft launched a new award focusing on women as part of the Imagine Cup, the world’s most prestigious student technology competition.
26 February 2013
It’s a brave new world out there. Former fierce competitors are finding the only way to chart a course to success is through collaboration.
14 February 2013 - Paris
On 14th February 2013, in the course of Microsoft Techdays, one of the most important and recognized IT events in Europe, WIL President Thaima Samman led a roundtable session on enterprises 2.0 as sources of new opportunities for gender equality. The event gathered diversity managers from different sectors for a lively debate on recruitment, work-life balance and new strategies adopted and tools used by companies to advance female leadership.
17 December 2012 - Paris
Two Board members attended this one-day event structured around three main themes: gender equality from a business perspective, its contribution to economic growth, and ways to address gender stereotypes.
23 January 2013
On 14th February, at the prestigious location of the Palais de Congrès, WIL President Thaima Samman will lead the roundtable session on enterprises 2.0 as sources of new opportunities for gender equality.
23 January 2013
On 17th May François Bogacz – CEO of Neuroawareness Consulting Services – led the second online session on neurosciences and leadership for a group of WIL members.
23 January 2013
In mid-December the European Business Schools/Women on Boards initiative announced the formal establishment of the Global Board-Ready Women (GBRW) online database to respond to corporate governance needs for more gender diversity in publicly listed European companies.
23 January 2013
Two WIL partners, Orange and De Gaulle Fleurance & associés, won prestigious legal awards at the 12th Trophées du Droit ceremony held in Paris, as did Capgemini. The consulting group is also linked to the WIL network: 3 of its high-potential women participate in the Women Talent Pool program.
23 January 2013
No one fell off the fiscal cliff. The euro didn’t collapse. Greece is still in the European Union. The stock markets are rebounding. But are we still in the Twilight Zone?
08 March 2013
Applications are still open for the new edition of Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards. The submission deadline is March 8, 2013 at 10am CET.
20 December 2012
On November 27th and 28th the GSMA opened the doors to its first “Connected Women: Enriching the Mobile Ecosystem” event in Brussels.
13 December 2012
S. Koch-Mehrin was appointed by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe as their rapporteur on the proposal for a directive on gender quotas for the boards of Europe's listed companies.
11 March 2013 - Brussels
President of Club L Benelux will host the debate on the “Women and Power” study by Viviane de Beaufort.
25-28 February 2013 - Barcelona
Registration is now open for this industry-leading event.
6-8 June 2013 - Kuala Lumpur
Our network will participate in the 2013 Summit as an International Partner.
05 December 2012
WIL members are invited to participate in this unique study.
05 December 2012
WIL members Anne Bouverot and Béatrice Delmas-Linel were awarded the French National Order of Merit by French Minister Fleur Pellerin.
21 December 2012 - Paris
The European Network for Women in Leadership will participate in the second edition of Forum de la Mixité.
29 November 2012
A unique initiative aimed at boosting French exports and women entrepreneurship established by WIL member Sonia Trocmé-Le Page.
29 November 2012
Anne Bouverot, Director General and Member of the Board of the GSMA, on attracting women to the mobile industry.
26 November 2012
Doing the wrong thing really well in growing your business could lose you your competitive advantage. Here’s how to avoid the “implementation trap”.
17 October 2012-17 January 2013 - Paris
How to attract young women to choose a career in the digital sector? How to present individual stories and successful role models in a way that could inspire girls to follow this career path, still perceived as dominated by men?
12 October 2012 - Deauville
Viviane de Beaufort, Professor at ESSEC Business School and WIL member, discussed the results of her research on women and power run in cooperation with Boyden Global Executive and EPSO Coaching at Women’s Forum.
18 October 2012
Ms. Lazerwitz has over twenty five years experience with international legal issues.
18 October 2012
Orange commissioned the Mutationnelles study to analyze the dynamics of professional engagement of women in the fields of science and technology.
18 October 2012
“I do not think one should favour women, (…) one should very simply give them a chance”.
18 October 2012
On the September 20th Viviane Chaine-Ribeiro, CEO of Lefebvre Software and member of WIL’s Board of Directors, won the Women Entrepreneur Award in the first edition of the Women in Industry Awards (Trophées des Femmes de l’industrie).
22 October 2012 - Paris
The day of the WIL biannual meeting will be marked not only by a high-level lunch at the French Parliament, but also by a training session of the Women Talent Pool Program.
28 November 2012 - Brussels
On November 27th and 28th the GSMA opened the doors to its first Connected Women event in Brussels.
27 September 2012
In an open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker, Eurogroup president, Sylvie Goulard, member of the European Parliament, urged him to support the nomination of a woman to the Board of the European Central Bank (ECB).
21 September 2012
WIL members are invited to a brainstorming session around the “Women and power” study with Viviane de Beaufort, Professor at ESSEC Business School
29 August 2012
The summer has seen one accusation after another suggesting banks still cannot be trusted...
13 November 2012 - Stockholm
WIL held for the third time the women in the digital society session at the Global Forum in ICT.
29 - 30 November 2012 - European Parliament - Brussels
The impact of gender issue on European research and innovation will be examined by top-level researchers, science leaders,and policy makers.
22 August 2012
Last 14 september 2011, Viviane de Beaufort (Essec’s European Union law Professor) was interviewed in our website news page, sharing her expertise on "EU as a model of multicultural governance".
06 July 2012
UN Women and Microsoft signed a Memorandum of Understanding, effectively launching a partnership that applies technology to gender equality and empower women worldwide.
06 July 2012
Ms. Belen Garijo Lopez, one of the most influential and most experienced professionals in the health sector, has been appointed Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA.
06 July 2012
Marina will provide expert advice to the U.S. Government regarding its activities as a Member State of UNESCO.
14 June 2012
Women Equity for Growth and La Tribune are launching the 3rd edition of La Tribune Women’s Awards, with the objective to identify, select, and promote exceptional female CEOs and executives.
11 June 2012
American Chamber of commerce in France co-authored report on the economic benefits of promoting women economic empowerment.
20 June 2012
During the Assembly, we will vote electronically on the Legal status of WIL and the Membership of the Board of Directors. During the second part we will discuss the outcomes of the McKinsey Women Matter 2012 report.
19 July 2012
GlobalWIN's Third Annual Innovation Luncheon will celebrate the importance of women’s leadership in advancing innovation and technology in the U.S. and abroad.
24 May 2012 - Paris
'Let's dare to activate our talents!' is the theme of the upcoming JUMP Forum...
23 April 2012
WIL Member, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, MEP, Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament is holding a seminar for journalists on What's going on in the EU PRO QUOTA?
23 April 2012
DataNews has recently announced the winners of ‘She Goes ICT’: WIL Women Talent Pool Emerging Leader, Karlien Vanden Eynden, the Young ICT lady of the Year 2012 and Martine Tempels from Telenet, awarded the ICT Woman of the Year trophy.
30 March 2012
On Friday, March 30th, web@lfemminile, the digital platform promoted by futuro@lfemminile, opened its 5th edition. This year's event was dedicated to the “PARTICIPATION AGE of women to the political, economic and social arena”.
06 April 2012
Forum d’Avignon is an international think tank dedicated to the links between culture and the economy. It organizes every year a prestigious event gathering international decision makers from the political, economic, cultural and media sectors
11 April 2012
The Women Leaders Taskforce group is holding a breakfast roundtable on “Best Practices-Sharing”
28 May 2012
WIL participated to the Commission’s public consultation on Women on Boards, which was discussed during WIL’s 4th Anniversary event.
31 May - 2 June 2012 - Athens, Greece
The Global Summit of Women, on the topic of “Women: The Engine of Economic Growth”, was announced to be held in 2012 in Athens, Greece.
12 March 2012 - Paris
The topic of Health and gender gap in the workplace will be tackled in a conference organized by Avenir Femmes Santé at the French Senate on 12 March.
6 March 2012 - Brussels
On March 6th, 2012, WIL has the pleasure to celebrate its 4th anniversary, through a luncheon with our first endorser, Viviane Reding, Vice-president for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship of the European Commission. During the gathering, we are going to discuss the issue of “Female Talent in the Pipeline...
13 February 2012
'It is time to help women to take their places on Executive Committees and Boards in order to make businesses more effective.' Viviane de Beaufort, Academic director of the programme
07 February 2012
New Book! Father-Daughter Succession in Family Business A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Daphne Halkias, Paul W. Thurman, Celina Smith and Robert S. Nason
07 February 2012
09/01/2012
Sixtine Bouygues, Director for Communication at the European Commission, has been awarded the French Legion of Honour, on January 9 in Paris.
11 January 2012
On 17 January the MEPs will vote on who should be their president for the next 30 months. One of our members, British Liberal Democrat Diana Wallis (currently Vice-President of the European Parliament), is running as an independent candidate for the position to address EU’s ‘democratic deficit’.
19 December 2011
Science Factor aims at solving a paradox of our days – high unemployment among young people is registered in France and all across Europe, and yet innovative high-tech companies encounter problems with recruiting new candidates. Under the auspices of the French Minister of Higher Education & Research and supported by Orange and Syntec, Science Factor is a contest aiming at inciting at least 1500 young people to opt for science education.
15 December 2011
On Monday, November 28th, Britta Thomsen, Danish Member of the European Parliament, met with Board Members, supporters, and staff members of the Global Women’s Innovation Network (GlobalWIN) at the offices of Time Warner, Inc in Washington, DC.
01 December 2011
Bipartisan Leadership Strengthens GlobalWIN’s Efforts to Provide Women Voice and Opportunity in Science and Technology Policy Discussions
30 November 2011
ITU and the Girls in ICT Portal A new website had been launched during TELECOM: 11.11.11 www.girlsinict.org The idea of the Girls in ICT is to continue to populate it with programs designed to get more girls and women interested in the ICT sector. So if you, your colleagues or contacts at WIL have new programs to add, please log on, register and add/edit.
24 November 2011 - Berlin
Held for the first time in Germany, the WIL high-level biannual meeting will gather some of the key European decision makers who are going to share their vision on increasing European Competitiveness, and transforming the economic financial and social crisis into an opportunity for growth. The event is going to gather together over 60 high-level women from different EU member states, including business women, CEOs, executives, European high civil servants, policy makers and academics, as well as German Members of the Network European Movement Germany.
08 November 2011 - Brussels
Women in ICT – Developing Women Talents: the Winning Strategies to Nourish the Pipeline For the second time, the organizers of the Global Forum in ICT have handed over to WIL the mission to organize the session on women in the information society, which will take place on the 8 November in Brussels.
21 September 2011 - Brussels
On 21 September 2011, the Robert Schuman Foundation is organizing a conference entitled "Women for Europe and the Citizens' Initiative", tackling the link between the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) and achieving parity at the European Parliament, in Brussels.
01 August 2011
The European Science Foundation together with genSET and COST will hold a conference bringing together leaders in science research and in policy to discuss emerging trends and advances in understanding how gender issues impact science research and innovation at the European Level.
05 July 2011 - Paris
We're pleased to announce that Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment and candidate for the role of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, has accepted our invitation to speak at the closing dinner of the WIL biannual meeting.
28 June 2011
La Tribune, French economic and financial newspaper, in partnership with Women Equity for Growth, are launching the second edition of Women's Awards, a competition that will award 7 female business leaders (CEOs and senior executives) in order to facilitate the emergence of new role models for women.
08 June 2011 - Paris
WIL members and friends are invited to attend the Fifth Annual International Symposium of the Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC) on June 8th.
06 June 2011
The growing impact of the internet over economy and job creation, human rights and privacy, called for a first G8 forum seeking to understand whether this new territory should be embraced in a new form of international governance.
23 May 2011 - Paris
A Seminar on "Women in Private Equity: New Frontiers in the MENA region," will be held in Paris, on May 23rd, examining the opportunites existing for the women in the region to actively participate to its development in the new regional context.
24 February 2011
At a time when the world’s leaders were discussing at Davos the implications of a gender equality certification system for large companies, France was adopting a law implementing gender quotas on the boards of listed companies, while Germany was following close in step. What effects will these measures have on women at all levels of management?
21 February 2011 - Paris, France
We are looking for an experienced candidate to become Head of the organization. The position involves driving forward WIL initiatives, under the guidance of the Board of Directors, and with the support of an intern.
6th – 8th March 2011
Commissioner Neelie Kroes will chair a conference jointly hosted by the Hungarian EU Presidency and the European Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate General (DG INFSO)
02 February 2011 - Davos
The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos brought upfront women’s presence in leadership by instituting a gender quota for the Forum as well as by launching The Gender Equality Project.
26 January 2011
While global economies are recovering, the global labor market is at a stubbornly elevated unemployment rate, reveals the International Labour Organization (ILO) in a recent report.
13 December 2010
Carried out for Orange, Mutationnelles 2010 reveals a shortage of female candidates in the ICT sector. For the first time, the number of female engineers is down in 2010, particularly in information technologies,where little is known about the many job opportunities available. However, 70% of engineers consider that gender mix within management is important, and that women's skills are increasingly well recognized in companies.zed in companies.
01 December 2010 - Brussels
CSR Europe is searching for an Executive Director to lead Enterprise 2020, an initiative meant to place Europe at the heart of CSR development through working with stakeholders on major global developments where business can make a significant contribution through innovative solutions.
22 November 2010 - Paris
WIL Members Anne Bouverot, Béatrice de Clermont-Tonnerre and Béatrice Delmas-Linel were designated Chevaliers de l'Ordre Nationale du Mérite (Knights of the National Order of Merit), a prestigious award given by the French President in recognition of their services to the country throughout their professional careers.
15 November 2010 - London
The Pink Shoe Club, founded by the Chief Advisor for the UK All-Party Entrepreneurship group (APPGE), recently launched the prestigious Icon Awards to recognise outstanding women across British business, professional and public life.
29 September 2010
Political pressure to enhance gender equality is increasingly visible at the EU level. While MEPs’ demands for implementing gender quotas in the EU diplomatic service may delay its launch, Commissioner Reding, as part of the new strategy, aims at opening a dialogue with CEOs on how best to achieve gender equality in company boardrooms.
21 September 2010
While Belgium is listed among the top scoring European countries when it comes to entrepreneurship and the ease of doing business, a mere 2,91% of Belgian women have started their own business.
16 September 2010
The Eve-olution Foundation Inc's mission is to economically empower women entrepreneurs in emerging and developing countries (80% of our planet) by offering them business–expert coaching from recently- retired business owners or executives from around the world.
09 September 2010 - Paris
AmCham France will be offering the 115th Benjamin Franklin Award to a well-known business woman, Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox during a Gala Dinner which awaits your confirmations.
23 August 2010
Her portfolio includes civil justice, criminal justice, fundamental rights and citizenship and, as part of her priorities, she will be responsible with the development of comprehensive EU policy frameworks for judicial cooperation, drugs policy coordination, data protection, EU citizenship and contract law and consumer rights.
15 August 2010 - Brussels
Sixtine Bouygues will be taking a thrilling new role in the Directorate-General for Communication, where she will make the best use of her previous experience. As the new acting Director for Communication Actions and Head of Unit Communication Strategy and Projects, her responsibilities will concern research, media monitoring and analysis, audiovisual services, media networks, and the development of the inter-institutional website Europa.
25 July 2010
After 4 years of negotiations, UN decided to set up the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). With an approved budget of minimum $500m, the Agency will start working in the beginning of next year and unify four existing UN divisions dealing with women's issues.
06 April 2010
The directory acts as a guide for all those who are interested in pursuing a political career, and for all those who want to learn more about women members of the European Parliament.
20 January 2010
The Commission has released the 2009 report on the progress in reaching the Lisbon 2010 objectives for education and training.
15-17 October, 2009 - Deauville, France
The Women’s Forum Global Meeting ended with a full list of actions for women who want to have a social impact through the businesses and the technologies they develop or support.
September 23rd - New York, USA
The equal access of women to education, healthcare, jobs and political participation has been the core issue of this year’s Global Clinton Initiative summit.
02-04 July, 2009 - Reykjavík, Iceland
Its 9th reunion, stressing upon fundamental rights and financial markets, will be held in Iceland, where one of our members, Daniela Bankier, is invited as speaker. Registrations can be submitted here.
01 July 2009 - Paris
The G9+ Institute, a club of alumni from 9 prestigious business and engineer schools, will launch a book on envisaged strategies for France, prefaced by the French Minister of State for the Prime Minister, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.
30 April 2009 - Brussels, Belgium
Themed as “Can Women Rescue the Economy?”, this edition grouped participants who discussed and brainstormed in conferences ways to reinforce women's position in the economy. Thanks to Isabella for offering WiL members the opportunity to join.
30 April 2009
Robert Schuman Foundation presented the current statistics with regards to women’s representation in Europe’s politics (governments, national parliaments, European parliament) and in the economic area.
18 February 2009
Thaima Samman was featured in an article promoting girls in IT.
18 February 2009
Congratulations to Odile De Chalendar who is a talented photographer in her spare time! She currently has an exhibition in the Les Temps du Corps Association in Paris where her works will be on display until 28 February 2009. To view her works click here.
03 June 2007 - Brussels
Women's Competition Network, a forum for senior EU competition law and policy professionals, is holding a panel discussion on the relationship between companies and DG Competition, in Brussels.