Christopher P. Skroupa: Why is gender diversity important in the workplace? Doug Harris: The overall goal of organizations today is to maximize the talent that they have, and many times, a variety of talent ...

ONE afternoon, while reporting for a book on girls’ sexual experience, I sat in on a health class at a progressive Bay Area high school. Toward the end of the session, a blond boy wearing ...

MIKE MARCHAL EST LE PRÉSIDENT ET FONDATEUR DE L’ASSOCIATION POUR LA MIXITÉ ET L’EGALITÉ DANS LA PETITE ENFANCE (AMEPE). POUR LUI, « IL FAUT SE BATTRE CONTRE L’IDÉE QUE LES COMPÉTENCES PROFESSIONNELLES SERAIENT « NATURELLES ». »  SON ...

We started The Good Men Project five years ago with a clear and important mission. We wanted to dispel the notion that all guys were interested in was sex, sports and beer. (Or that if they were ...

Engaging men at a deep and genuine level is critical to success in the journey towards greater diversity. To this end, I wanted to share my experience in running a breakthrough internal event at Mercer ...

The JUMP Hub is the network of corporate diversity officers dedicated to the exchange of best practices on gender equality at work. The 29th October 2015, this Hub session brought together 5 speakers and 30 ...

President Obama’s recent ‘coming out’ as a feminist will hopefully help them get it. It was encouraging to read recently that President Obama has officially “come out” as a feminist. I admire and appreciate ...

It’s a tough time for women in the tech industry. A recent survey of women working in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area found that 60% reported unwanted sexual advances. Eighty-seven percent reported hearing demeaning comments about ...

Bill Proudman, co-founder and CEO of WMFDP, offers insight to leading tech clients on how fostering diversity in the workplace can breed innovation, boost employee productivity and increase the bottom line. Lack of diversity and ...

Men not taking time off to care for newborns, it turns out, is a difficult cultural norm to overcome. Parental leave policies that offer the same amount of time off to all new parents are on the rise. ...

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In the past decades, many women’s rights advocates have learnt that improving the health and wellbeing of adult and young women also requires engaging men, adult and young. Program H is an evidence-based project that ...

There’s growing political support for some sort of paid family leave, and it’s clear that many mothers use it when it’s offered. What has been less clear is whether it would make a difference for fathers. A new study shows ...

What’s the issue? All OECD countries, except the US, offer nationwide paid maternity leave for at least 12 weeks, and over half grant fathers paid paternity leave when a baby arrives. More and more countries ...

“It felt like a PR benefit, not a real benefit.” Ariel Ayanna was a beloved attorney at his law firm when he faced a devastating personal crisis. His pregnant wife attempted suicide. Ayanna ...