auteure: Aidan White, Secrétaire général de la FIJ (Fédération Internationale de journalisme)

L’un des grands défis des journalistes, hommes et femmes, est la résistance à la culture des stéréotypes dans notre travail quotidien. Ce n’est pas une tâche facile quand les médias usent d’une multitude de clichés sur les femmes et les jeunes filles. Beaucoup sont relativement inoffensifs, mais certains, souvent les plus forts, représentent les femmes en tant qu’objet d’attention des hommes: la petite minette glamour et sexy, la sorcière sournoise, la femme d’affaires au visage sévère et l’arriviste politique.

Dans chaque région et culture, on rencontre des images figées, des préjugés profondément ancrés et des réflexes partisans qui mettent les journalistes et les médias au défi. Cette brochure nous encourage à prendre des mesures pour affronter ces distorsions dans nos rédactions et dans nos syndicats.

by Avivah Wittenberg Cox www.women-omics.com

We are delighted to see that the research organisation on professional women, Catalyst, has discovered men. After 40 years of lobbying for women’s professional advancement, the American non-profit (run mostly by women) has discovered, along with other pro-women campaigning organisations, that men may be partners to progress.

Written by Natalie R. Manor www.womensmedia.com

As a business coach, I’ve often encountered female executives with confidence problems. Ellen is a typical example. One MBA, 8 years of experience as a Division Manager and four departments reporting to her, Ellen still was not sure that she was an effective leader. No matter the amount of feedback she received or the ratings on her performance review—which were good—she still believed that she was missing the “excellence in leadership” by a large margin.

written by www.karendarbydirect.com

Take the plunge. Do it - don't just dream about it. Anyone can have a great idea; it's about turning those ideas into reality. There is never a right time, you're never too young or too old. If you're dreaming about it, grab the opportunity now. Sure it takes courage, but sometimes you’ve got to take that leap of faith. Ask yourself – what’s the worst that can happen and can you live with the consequences? Now I’m not asking you to put everything you own on the line – I’m big fan of taking risks with other people’s money. But don't be afraid of failure, you risk more than failure if you don't try to turn your business dreams into reality; you risk not achieving your potential in life.

source thenextwomen.com

This week on Business Matters – the inside story of how business is shaping our world - six women, who had careers in the world of traditional business that decided to become entrepreneurs, are featured in a radio programme exploring the valuable aspects of female led enterprise.

source www.linternaute.com

Allongement de la durée des études, carrière privilégiée, famille recomposée... Les raisons qui poussent les femmes à retarder leur maternité ne manquent pas. Comment vivent-elles leur grossesse? Et surtout, quels en sont les risques? Tout le monde le sait. Passé 30 ans, les chances de faire un enfant ne cessent de diminuer. Aujourd'hui, faute à une entrée tardive sur le monde du travail ainsi qu'à l'évolution de la société qui tend à placardiser les mères actives, de plus en plus de femmes décident d'avoir des enfants vers 40 ans, pensant parfois que la médecine les aidera.

source www.ewla.org

EWLA is concerned with the co-operation of women lawyers from all member states of the European Union. Its intermediate aim is to bundle up their specific expertise in monitoring law and politics seen from the angle of gender. Long-term target is to build up a women lawyers association acting on the European level as a pressure-group to enhance equality by means of lawas for instance by giving expert opinions to and by lobbying political institutionsby proposing and even outlining drafts for European directivesby bringing test cases to the European Court of Justiceby informing and empowering women to claim their rightsby campaigning etc.

source www.fmwf.com

The run up to Christmas brings with it invitations to various events, but a recent survey has found that 81% of senior decision makers at small businesses spend less time at networking events at the moment due to a lack of time and feeling guilty about leaving the office. It’s not a surprise, particularly given the current economic climate, that business people are loath to leave their desks and feel their time is better spent with their heads down, getting on with the job in hand.

by Kayla Hutzler WeNews correspondent

Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court this week has stirred an outpouring of favorable reaction from some of the most prominent advocacy groups focused on the legal rights of women, Latinas and Hispanics. "I think it is a phenomenal nomination for the country and a monumental one for the Hispanic community," said Maria Cardona, founding member of Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary. "She had a top-notch education and finished first in her class at Princeton and in the top 1 percentile at Yale Law School. She will bring more depth and breadth than any juror in a hundred years if she is appointed to the Supreme Court."

source www.tv5.org

L'équilibre travail-famille est essentiel pour permettre aux femmes de poursuivre leur carrière scientifique. Les métaphores ne manquent pas pour qualifier les difficultés rencontrées par les femmes dans le milieu scientifique. Il y a d'abord l'effet de ciseaux, qui fait référence à la diminution importante du nombre de femmes en cours de carrière. Ou encore le plafond de verre, c'est-à-dire le mur invisible qui empêche les femmes d'accéder aux postes à responsabilités. Mais l'image la plus préoccupante pour nombre de responsables politiques et de chefs d'entreprises reste celle du tuyau percé, qui traduit la tendance constatée chez les femmes à abandonner la recherche en cours de carrière.

source www.women-omics.com

Whyever would their working fewer hours hurt the profession or health care?
Medicine is one of the many professions in which women now form the majority of entrants, and in the UK, women will make up a majority of practicing physicians in the next decade. But how those women practice, and especially at the consultancy level, the pinnacle in UK medicine, differs from the traditional (male) medical tradition and hierarchy. A Royal College of Physicians study found that women hold a significant number of consultancies in general health, paediatrics and public health but just 8.4% of surgical consultancies. Read the FT report.

source www.references.be

Chaque jour, les recruteurs déchiffrent des dizaines de CV. Mal rédigés, à la longue, ceux-ci font mal aux yeux et terminent en classement vertical... Bien sûr, certaines règles d'or pour un bon CV sont des évidences pour tous: bonne orthographe, organisation et structure, clarté,... mais il reste néanmoins certains pièges à éviter si vous ne voulez pas ruiner celui-ci. 

Erreur 1: vos objectifs ne sont pas clairs

Si vous incluez dans votre CV une section "Objectifs" essayez d'être le plus précis possible quant à ceux-ci. Trop souvent, les recruteurs lisent des phrases bien vagues à ce sujet, du style "je suis à la recherche d'un défi professionnel intéressant". Une bonne chose à faire est de personnaliser vos objectifs par rapport à l'emploi pour lequel vous postulez! retirer.

by Dominique Soguel, www.womensenews.org

Military operations and rebel reprisals in eastern Congo have fueled a rise in sexual violence this year, but perpetrators face minimal consequences. An effort to drive out rebel groups has only contributed to the problem. The second of four stories. Justice is an uphill battle in a region where Rwanda's 1994 genocide, which killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, have left smoldering political and ethnic enmities that are shifted and stoked by brutal competition for the region's mineral resources.

source www.valeriecolin-simard.com

Depuis que j’ai entamé ce chemin, j’ai découvert sur ma route bien d’autres femmes semblables à elle, à moi. Elles luttent, elles se battent, elles se coupent de ce qu’elles ressentent. Pour rester à flots. Pour exister socialement. Pour pouvoir continuer d’avancer. Et si le féminisme ne nous avait apporté que le droit d’être des hommes ? Dans tous les domaines, nous nous sommes adaptées aux schémas masculins : comme les hommes, nous sommes aujourd’hui actives, conquérantes, , dominatrices. Pourtant, les « valeurs du féminin » (créativité, amour, émotions...) sont indispensables à notre équilibre autant qu’à celui de la société.

Inspiring Entrepreneurs: How to Build Your Business to its First Million, is all about the entrepreneur's journey to the first million. 100 entrepreneurs who have built their businesses from start up past the one million dollar mark in revenue are featured. They tell the candid stories of how the first years went and what they learned. Reiniger gives a real account of the hard lessons she learned as she built Silver Lining Ltd. to its first million. She also goes through a step by step process for building a Silver Lining Growth Action Plan (SLAP) that any entrepreneur can apply to their business. Throughout the book, questions and work areas are provided to help you think about how you are running and growing your own business

The EWL conference 50/50 – No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality aims to answer questions on the representation of women in the newly elected European Parliament and for the other EU to jobs through a panel of very prominent women politicians and the contribution of members of the EWL across Europe who have been working towards parity democracy through the EWL 50/50 Campaign. Please click see enclosed here for more information about the programme and to register.