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WIL at the Global Forum in ICT
14 May 2013
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WTP Emerging Leader Interview with Edyta Ziomek
10 May 2013
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NEWS & EVENTS: Gender diversity
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Viviane Reding presents board quota directive at seminar hosted by MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin
26 March 2013 - Brussels
The seminar “A Case for EU Competitiveness – Quotas in the Boardroom”, hosted by WIL member and Member of the European Parliament Silvana Koch-Mehrin at the European Parliament, focused on the Directive on gender quotas for non-executive directors, proposed by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission.
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Dinner Debate on Equality in the Workplace at the French National Assembly – Report
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.
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Microsoft Techdays Roundtable Session on Enterprises 2.0 and Gender Equality – Report
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.
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Dinner Debate at the French National Assembly
06 March 2013 - Paris
On 6th March 2013, in celebration of the upcoming International Women’s Day, the President of the French National Assembly, Claude Bartolone, will host a dinner debate to discuss and promote gender equality in the labor market.
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WIL at the OECD Gender Forum
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.
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WIL 2012 General Assembly Report
20 June 2012
On June 20th 2012 for the second time WIL Members gathered together for the General Assembly to vote electronically on the Legal status of WIL and discuss the outcomes of the McKinsey Women Matter 2012 report.
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Women for Europe and the Citizens’ Initiative
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.
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International Symposium of the Corporate Counsel Women of Colour
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.
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WIL partners AmCham France in the Women Leadership Program
22 March 2011 - Paris, France
WIL and AmCham France will advance their women in leadership agenda in a series of common actions. In this respect, the two entities will run the AmCham Women Leaders Program, under the guidance of Thaima Samman, WIL President and Partner Cabinet Piton Samman, and Nathalie Wright, member of the COMEX and Public Sector Lead for Microsoft France.
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Gender Quotas on Boards
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?
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Gender quota plans disclosed in Davos
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.
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2010 Mutationnelles study for Orange released
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.
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5 Minutes with Eugenia Bieto, Director General ESADE
05 October 2010
Eugenia Bieto became the only woman holding the position of managing director among the top European business schools and one of only four women holding such a position worldwide upon her appointment. An incredible success!
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EU pushes for increasing women’s presence in economic and social 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.
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Treat us differently but equal
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.
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UN Women
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.
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Breakfast with Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French Minister
29 June 2010 - Paris
More than 50 France-based WIL members and friends, including the Club ITW, a high-level French group of women in IT, and the Women Equity (WE) network, had an extremely productive exchange of views with Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French Secretary of State for Strategic Studies and the Development of the Digital Economy, regarding the differing means of breaking the glass ceiling.
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Sysdoc recognized for its flexibility culture
09 June 2010
Katherine Corich’s company, Sysdoc won a well-deserved award for having created a work culture embracing flexibility, championed from the very top of the organization.
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Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society 2010
07 June 2010
For its 2010 6th Edition, the Women’s Forum Global Meeting will focus on how to make change happen. Five questions of change in politics, the economy, the environment, global health and women’s leadership.
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Women Equity for Growth & La Tribune Award women in business
02 June 2010
Many of today’s achievements of women in business receive scant media coverage. However, globally three quarters of the employment opportunities created between 1990 and 2006 have been taken by women...
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Orange hires tech-skilled women
31 May 2010
According to Gartner consultancy, IT costs worldwide should increase by more than 5% this year.
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5 Minutes with MEP Dr. Antonyia Parvanova
21 April 2010
Dr Parvanova started her political career when elected Member of the Bulgarian Parliament in 2001. She became Member of the European Parliament in 2007, where she notably initiated and led a campaign on Patients' Rights in Europe.
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Directory of Women Members of the European Parliament launched by MEP Mary Honeyball
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.
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WIL Members Campaign for Women in Science
02 April 2010
Sensationnelles 2010 is a public campaign comprising 5 video interviews of exceptional women, either scientists or champions of women in science and research, launched by the French TV channel TV5 Monde (equivalent of BBC World)...
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5 Minutes with Brigitte Dumont
20 January 2010
Brigitte is Senior Vice President Human Resources Development and Performance for the France Telecom Orange Group. She combines a vast experience in human resources with a strong background in marketing and communications in an international environment.
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WIL in L/ONTOP Magazine
September - Paris, France
Highlighting the French members of the network, the magazine L/ONTOP published an interview with Thaima Samman on the Women in Leadership initiative.
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Global Clinton Initiative Focused on Gender Issues
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.
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Breakfast Meeting hosted by Edit Herczog MEP
29 September 2009 - Brussels, European Parliament
Ably hosted by Member of the European Parliament Edit Herczog, WiL convened seven most distinguished new Members of the European Parliament together with private sector members of the network, academics as well as the European Commission members.
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New Gender Diversity Research Fund in INSEAD
17 July 2009
INSEAD and Unilever established a research fund in leadership and diversity with a gift of €3M in honour of its recently retired CEO, Patrick Cescau.
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The European Gender Policy Roadmap
17 July 2009
The EU Commission analyzed its gender equality roadmap for 2006-2010. Belinda Pyke and Daniela Bankier were involved in the discussions, which addressed gender mainstreaming and the ways to limit the effects of the economic crisis on women.
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Biannual Meeting with EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik
2-3 June 2009 - Brussels
Women’s role in research and technology and encouraging their entrepreneurial skills were issues touched together with four high profile speakers, but also with the young women who are part of the WiL mentoring programme.<
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Why Women Mean Business
02 June 2009
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox is an advocate of gender balanced management, as co-author of the book “Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution” and CEO of a gender-consultancy firm, 20-First.
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Kick Off Meeting of the WIL Network
06 March 2008 - Brussels
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding keynoted the first WIL meeting, emphasizing the issue of the low retention rate of women in ICT.
