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 Foreword : Exclusive price to attend the Forum JUMP for members of the group JUMP in Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Viadeo! Editorial : What’s good for women is good for business and good for men Editorial : À partir de 15h05, les femmes travaillent gratuitement… Advance your career : What will be the impact of the crisis on women and how can women increase their chances? Advance your career : How to prepare and deliver your elevator speech? Build your own business : 7 financial steps every Woman Business Owner needs to know Active mother : Home sweet homme, la cause des pères au foyer Active mother : Ouderschapsverlof - Voor uw kinderen tot 12 jaar Build your own business : Keeping your kids and clients happy: how to do both? Feel good ! : Intervention of Axelle Red and live extracts of her latest album « Sisters & Empathy » to Forum JUMP - 23/04 Bozar Feel good ! : Trump your inner critic with your inner champion Jobs : 3 mistakes that keep most women executives unemployed during a recession Jobs : Quitting: How to exit with grace Inspiring women : Career Barbie (now 50) is on a Mission and Advocates Girl Power Inspiring women : Italy, a difficult place for women at the top? Women's networks : Six Essentials for Networking Companies & gender : What's the bridge from awareness of gender inequality to action? Companies & gender : Can Women Rescue the Economy? Companies & gender : Should maternity leave pay the price of the failure to engage men in their share of care? Show solidarity : Être féministe aujourd'hui Show solidarity : We condemned strongly the closure of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran! Books : La cause des hommes, un livre de Patrick Guillot Books : The Girl's Guide to kicking your career into gear The JUMP Forum is the biggest event dedicated to professional active Women, their career planning and their position in the economy.Exclusive Showcase: Intervention of Axelle Red and « live » extracts of her latest album « Sisters and Empathy ». JUMP Forum for career minded Women: make your career flourish at JUMP by investing in yourself and your business. JUMP Forum for Companies and their HR and diversity representatives: Learn how you can increase your company’s performance and how Women in general can renew the economy. Get to the full programme If you are a member of one the JUMP group in the most well-known social network, register now for the price of 250 € all inclusive! Mention the gift code « JUMP Member on …. (the name of the social network) » on the order form. Click here to join JUMP Groups on Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17578402279 LinkedIn — http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=71498 Viadeo — http://www.viadeo.com/hub/affichehub/?hubId=002bm39bemku7sm
 Ilene H. Lang is chief executive of Catalyst, a nonprofit membership organization focused on expanding opportunities for women in the workplace. Our research at Catalyst shows women are still severely underrepresented in business leadership where they could contribute to rebuilding the economy in turbulent times. But power is in the purse strings: until women are equitably represented in the leadership of the private economic sector, they will be marginalized in every other arena. It’s increasingly obvious that what’s good for women is good for business and good for men. More women in leadership means more customers, more perspectives, more creativity, and more diversity of thought and approach. And there’s a direct financial correlation as well. Our studies found that having a higher percentage of women in senior positions and on corporate boards correlates strongly with better financial performance. Yet despite some progress, women, including women of color, are still rare in senior corporate leadership. Though women make up 46 percent of the American labor force, they hold only 15 percent of corporate officer positions in the Fortune 500 companies. Of all the chief executives of the Fortune 1000 companies, only 24 are women. Those companies help set the agenda for the American workplace. Women in executive and senior positions can help drive solutions to work-life challenges — solutions that could benefit all workers as well as their employers. Listen to her interview about the bridge from awareness of gender inequality
  by Mirella Visser, President EuropeanPWNsource europeanpwn.net What will be the impact of the crisis on women in the workforce and how can women increase their chances? It is too easy to say that every crisis offers opportunities and women just have to ‘get on with it’. History has shown that a crisis hits hardest those whose position on the labour market is weakest. But also that a well-informed and pro-active attitude increases the chances to benefit from a crisis instead of suffer from it. This IWD will be a day of reflection and action planning for women on how to survive and even take advantage of the crisis. Read more
You may have caught me on Larry King Live earlier this month. If so, you heard me talk about the importance of distinguishing yourself from others in this competitive economic climate. Unfortunately, there wasn’t time to explain that one way to do this is to prepare a great elevator speech for that moment when you’re asked the open-ended question, “What do you do?” or “What kind of job are you looking for?” When delivered well, elevator speeches give your listeners a valuable overview and put a framework around your message. They also make you sound razor-sharp.
  source: la-cause-des-hommes.comTémoignages de pères au foyer recueillis par Marie-Joëlle Gros et Catherine Mallaval En ce jour des femmes, que grâce soit ici rendue à des hommes qui n’ont rien de paresseux émasculés : les pères au foyer. Des hommes qui s’échangent sans complexe des trucs sur comment faire aimer des choux de Bruxelles à un marmot, récurer à fond des bibs ou retirer des couches gorgées d’urine néonatale (sur le site www.pereaufoyer.com). Des sortes d’oiseaux rares (seuls 2 % des parents au foyer sont des hommes) qui bravent les préjugés. Voire l’opprobre. Read more
Vanaf 1 april 2009 mogen de werknemers, onder bepaalde voorwaarden, ouderschapsverlof nemen tot het moment dat hun kind de leeftijd van 12 jaar bereikt. Het doel van deze maatregel is de werknemers de mogelijkheid te bieden hun professioneel leven en privé-leven beter op elkaar af te stemmen. Het Koninklijk Besluit dat deze maatregel invoert verscheen op 1 april 2009 in het Belgisch Staatsblad.
  Axelle Red, committed artist, militant humanist, law graduate from VUB, evokes in her new album, Sisters and Empathy, encounters made during a number of trips to the most forsaken places on the planet. A daring, feminist & legitimate approach by an artist keen to avoid limiting herself to the facile.« I don't see Sisters and Empathy as a 'new direction' album, but as a legitimate stage in my career. Soul or Rhythm & Blues have been an integral part of my work from the very beginning as has the desire to bear witness to realities which I find revolting and which touch me deeply. I am a woman, a mother and a daughter. My opinions are founded on the encounters I have had. » Read more
 by Marian Baker from pinkcommunity.comIn today’s climate of headlines about panic in the financial markets, we need to practice smart fuel for our true prosperity even more. It takes rigor and daily practice. There are effective, simple ways of tapping into the energy of your “Inner Champion” (while trumping those limiting thoughts that sabotage enjoyment and tangible success). A while ago, over lunch I read “The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity” by Edwene Gaines (so far, it looks great, while I don’t agree 100% with everything.) I don’t find much value in affirmations that are overly positive, feel-good statements that don’t seem real. (In my Wake Up Inspired book, there’s a bit about “Hold the sugar” and how to create variations on the classic affirmation style that may work better for you.) Read more
So, you’ve made the big decision to leave your current company and start your next adventure. You probably gave considerable thought to taking the new opportunity. Now is the time to put just as much thought into how you will leave your current company. Your goal should be leave with your reputation in tact and maintain strong relationships with your colleagues.
As Barbie celebrates its 50th birtday in March 2009 with spectacular events and her own mansion, it can be said that Barbie is more of a trendsetter and career woman than many people might think. Barbie openly advocates girl power. Even though Barbie first appeared in the now-famous black-and-white striped swimsuit and signature ponytail, a Barbie with a career has always been part of the product range. Indeed, Barbie has had more than 108 inspirational careers, such as Fashion Designer (1960), Career Girl (1963), Surgeon (1973), Working Woman (1993) and Producer (2005). Barbie encourages girls to imagine themselves in and “try on” different careers and personalities.
 Annalisa Gigante, MBA 14, Chief Bisness Development and Marketing officer at AdeccoWomen represent only 2% on the boards of big companies in Italy (and they are often shareholder representatives) compared to 44% in Norway and 26% in Finland and Denmark. This is only one of the indicators of the country which Annalisa left shortly after her MBA at SDA Bocconi and her first job at Bain-Cuneo. “People typically mistook me for a secretary or asked me what job my father did”. Today she is the number one in marketing at a worldwide recruiting giant. Read more 
  If women are the ones who make decision in the market place, why don’t they make decision inside companies? Ilene H. Lang, CEO of Catalyst, thinks that the bridge from awareness of gender inequality to action plans is men’s fairness.Read more  Interview with Carol Frohlinger, CEO Negotiating Women and co-author of « Her place at the table » a woman’s guide to negotiating five key challenges to leadership success (New York). Do you think that the fact that financial institutions are male-dominated lead to risky behaviour and strategies? Do you believe the current crisis might have been avoided if there had been more gender equality at the top of financial institutions? Women tend to take a broad view when making decisions that will expose themselves and their organizations to risk. My experience has been that women seek more information and take the time to build more support before venturing into risky terrain, perhaps because they are aware that the outcomes of their decisions will be watched very closely. Read more
The recent proposal of the European Commission (October 2008) to increase the minimum length of maternity leave and to extend the mandatory period, currently at two weeks, to six weeks, has sparked debate among feminists and others as to whether women should be singled out in this way as this form of leave only relates to women. The main problem is that the maternity leave proposal is just one of three proposals currently on the table part of the European ‘package’ of measures to reconcile private and professional life but those proposals are being dealt with in different ways. Two of these proposals, namely amendments to the 1992 Maternity Leave Directive and repeal of the 1986 Directive on Self Employed workers and their Assisting Spouses are both being discussed by the Council and European Parliament (Women’s Rights Committee) as part of a co-decision procedure. Read more  Daniela Coco a récemment rendu un bel hommage à Marie Popelin, une des premières grandes figures du féminisme belge. Selon l’avocate, les jeunes qui ont aujourd'hui entre 20 et 30 ans ne sont pas suffisamment sensibilisées à la cause des femmes. Elles ignorent souvent, en effet, combien l'égalité partielle à laquelle la société est arrivée est récente. Pour rappel, la plupart des grands acquis sociaux en la matière ne datent que de la seconde moitié du 20 siècle : droit pour la femme de gérer ses biens, de voter, de jouir pleinement de son autorité parentale sur ses propres enfants ou d’être informée sur les moyens de contraception.Read more
 In the course of this year, we celebrate internationally the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran wanted to commemorate simultaneously this event as the rest of the world. Nevertheless, to talk about the Human Rights in Iran is a taboo and to be against this taboo carries punishments. Consequently, the defenders of Human Rights are arrested, tortured and in certain cases kidnapped and killed.Sign the petition: www.gopetition.com/online/24292.html Read more
  Le XXe siècle restera, à coup sûr, dans l’histoire, en tant que celui de l’apogée du mouvement des femmes. Le XXIe y restera peut-être aussi, en tant que celui de l’émergence du mouvement des hommes. Dans les trente dernières années, en effet, se sont produits une série d’événements, dont l’importance a été sous-estimée, parce qu’ils ont été compris, à tort, comme relevant de processus distincts. Les acteurs de ces événements avaient en commun d’être des hommes et d’agir pour construire une nouvelle identité masculine. Ce qu’ils ont initié est assez fort pour durer, se concrétiser et s’élargir. Le présent ouvrage se propose en tout cas d’explorer cette hypothèse.Pour plus d'infos, visitez le site: la-cause-des-hommes.com Read more
 source: amazon.comIf you’re not looking out for your career then nobody is. If you want to be both passionate about what you do and successful, then you must take control of your professional destiny. Only you can determine who you are, what you can do, and where you want to go. If you are stuck in your career, frustrated at your position within a company, or bored with the profession you have chosen, then it is time to change your thinking. This book will hold your hand while you step back and evaluate where you started, where you are on your career path today, and most important, where you want to be tomorrow. Read more  |
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