Le site est en anglais parce que nous sommes un réseau européen, www.EuropeanPWN.net et que nos membres, dont la moitié sont françaises, ont des carrières et des responsabilités qui sont aujourd’hui forcément internationales

Editorial : Gender Balance: Yes, of Course! But When?

The front page article that appeared July 1st in the International Herald Tribune tells the story: men and women in most countries are massively in favor of gender equality, but the reality on the ground does not reflect their voeux pieux. Certainly not in France.

A survey of 22 nations conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project in association with the International Herald Tribune reveals that three quarters of French respondents view men as having a better life than women –far more than in other country polled. Why? Because women are left out in terms of economic participation, ventures Prof. Herminia Ibarra, co-author of the 2010 Corporate Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum. There are still very few women running large organizations and business culture remains resolutely a boy’s club.
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Paris Events Calendar

Women, Empowerment and Leadership

Joint EuropeanPWN/ESSEC Conference, June 11 at La Defense.
Women on boards, quotas, career levers, mentoring networking, reconciling work and family: this conference ran the full gamut of topics bearing on women’s empowerment. Hilary Ellis, EuropeanPWN-Paris President, and Junko Takagi, ESSEC Diversity & Performance Chair, opened the conference, followed by Celia de Anca, PhD, Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain, who presented her findings regarding… More

Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs in Europe

Viviane de Beaufort, Founder and Academic Director of the program EAF Women Entrepreneurs at ESSEC and Diana Derval, in charge of market research and marketing strategy courses at ESSEC sum up the secrets of success of European women entrepreneurs in three words: Management, Mentoring, and Motivation!

The majority of women entrepreneurs fall into one of three categories, according to Professor de Beaufort, based on 2007 study on European women entrepreneurs carried out under the aegis of the Women’s Forum. More

EuropeanPWN Women’s Day Event 2010:

Do Women Have to be Member of the Board to be Successful?

Many women would give their right arm to be on a board, but how to go about it? Judging from the discussion at the Women’s Day celebration organized by EuropeanPWN-Paris on 8 March, there’s no silver bullet. Chance matters; competence and experience matter; personality, gender and nationality matter; networking and keeping an open mind are capital. Meggan Dissly, Public Relations Officer, reports:

The venue: the arch-ceilinged underground labyrinth of the Maison de la Recherche on the Paris Left Bank. Dim lighting, wine, finger food and ambiance upbeat. Nadalette La Fonta Six, EuropeanPWN-Paris Vice President New Members, welcomed members and guests, breaking into the heated buzz of some 90 women busily networking. More

Véronique Bourez: Turning up the Sound of Women’s Voices!

Hilary Ellis, President EuropeanPWN-Paris, and Severine Jazdzewski, Corporate Partners Sub-Committee co-ordinator, recently presented EuropeanPWN to women managers at Coca Cola, EuropeanPWN sponsor. Veronique Bourez, Coca Cola Marketing Director for France, agreed to talk to Meggan Dissly, Public Affairs officer, about the partnership. More

Get the Most out of your EuropeanPWN membership: Be Active in the Clubs!

Have you ever wondered what the EuropeanPWN-Paris clubs have to offer and how to get involved?
It’s easy. When joining the Network you are automatically a member of all of the clubs. The harder part is choosing the ones best suited to your needs.

If you already have expertise in one of the areas covered by a club, you may wish to build on that knowledge and share your own experience with others. Or you may be a neophyte in some area where you feel that a little “varnish” would help you in your professional life. More

Women in the work place and quotas for Boards

Toutes les Frances : Femmes – les Quotas dans les Entreprises ?

Partenariat entre EuropeanPWN-Paris et l’IFA

Pour contribuer à une bonne gouvernance par une participation accrue des femmes aux conseils d’administration

Dans le cadre de leur partenariat, l’Institut Français des Administrateurs (IFA) et European Professional Women’s Network-Paris mettent en oeuvre les premières actions afin de :

• Promouvoir la diversité dans les conseils d’administration en France (et en Europe) en développant les opportunités de mise en réseau et de formation ciblée,
• Concourir à la diffusion des bonnes pratiques de gouvernance auprès des membres d’EuropeanPWN-Paris et de ses partenaires,

• Accélérer le recrutement comme administrateurs de certaines membres d’EuropeanPWN-Paris.

Un investissement incontournable vers le succès

Comment gérer vos 100 premiers jours dans un nouveau job ? Cette période va déterminer votre intégration dans une équipe, votre image, votre réussite. C’est là, maintenant, que vous allez construire votre crédibilité et votre légitimité. Notre outil de self-coaching est composé de 5 sujets à explorer pendant ces 100 premiers jours, et 12 actions clés à mener pour assurer un démarrage réussi dans votre nouveau rôle. Pour en savoir plus : 100 premiers jours – outil de self-coaching

Une version anglaise est aussi disponible ici : English version

Think Tank Group report: What is it Like for Working Women in Your Country?

France Summary
While working women around the globe share many common experiences, local situations strongly influence how women view and experience their professional career. What are the local dynamics that truly shape women’s working experiences? Do women across countries differ in terms of what they’re looking for in their working lives? These are the questions our think tank group is working to understand. EuropeanPWN ran an online survey from March to October last year; 410 women participated from 58 different countries, 60% being French, US and Germans citizens. We extracted the responses from the French women to build the below results. Read more here

EuropeanPWN – Paris is partner of the program

« Entreprendre au Féminin »

an initiative between ESSEC VENTURES and the WOMEN’S FORUM

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