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Entreprenariat féminin en Belgique
Vrouwelijk ondernemerschap in België

L’Institut pour l'Egalité des Femmes et des Hommes a confié à JUMP la mission de faire un état des lieux de l’entreprenariat féminin en Belgique. Après avoir synthétisé les différentes études sur le sujet, JUMP a réalisé une enquête auprès de sa base de données de plus de 45.000 femmes actives.

» Rapport de l'enquête
» Résultats chiffrés / Cijfergegevens
» Communiqué de presse / Perscommuniqué
» Revue de presse / Persbericht

Treat us differently but equally!

JUMP’s first survey among self-employed women in Belgium, will be finished this week. The full survey will be soon available online on the blog JUMP and on the website of the National Institute for equality between women and men (www.iehf.be) for which JUMP has done the study.
It is the first one of its kind to [...]

2 sept, 10 | Companies & Gender

Female pay ‘unequal’ to male colleagues for 57 years

Women managers in the UK face a wait of 57 years for their salaries to equal their male colleagues, a study says. Female managers’ pay rose by 2.8% in the last 12 months, but on average they earned £10,000 less than male managers. The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) said that at the current... 

2 sept, 10 | Companies & Gender

UK Draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay

The draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay, as presented to Parliament on Tuesday 27th July 2010, pursuant to section14 of the Equality Act 2006. This guidance is the Statutory Code of Practice on equal pay. This is the authoritative, comprehensive and technical guide to the Act’s provisions intended... 

2 sept, 10 | Companies & Gender

Les femmes passent trois ans aux fourneaux

Une étude britannique estime que les femmes consacrent en moyenne trois années de leur vie à cuisiner. Le groupe d’éléctroménager britannique Breville vient de révéler que les femmes passent en moyenne trois années de leur existence à préparer les repas. C’est moitié moins que... 

2 sept, 10 | Companies & Gender

Women in Management: Delusions of Progress

The accepted message on gender disparity in the workplace has for the past 10 to 15 years been one of acknowledgment and reassurance: Yes, women represent just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs and less than 15% of corporate executives at top companies worldwide, but give it time. It’ll change. After all,... 

2 sept, 10 | Companies & Gender

Europe May Impose Quotas For Women

If businesses fail to appoint more women as board members, the Commission will resort to legislation. Although diversity has been shown to improve governance and financial performance in corporations, a tiny minority of CEOs are women, and women make up only 10% of board members in European countries.... 

2 sept, 10 | Companies & Gender

Glass Ceiling for Women: Cracked but Far from Shattered

Much has been said about progress in shattering the glass ceiling in business. But recent studies show women have not attained the level of leadership opportunities that would have been expected by 2010. This has considerable implications for business in these uncertain economic times. In a study of... 

Selling Your Small Business

Here’s what to consider before you go to market. Of all the businesses put up for sale, only between 10 and 20 percent actually sell, according to Business Centre. Here are a few pointers to help you beat the odds and close the deal: Have All Records Ready Before You Go To Market Have these items... 

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