Despite some progress, the gaps in labor force participation between men and women remain large. To take just one example, no advanced or middle-income economy has reduced the gender gap below 7 percentage points. ...

Attitudes against female leaders in the workplace are more prejudiced than we think, according to new research. The study, from Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf in Germany, examined people’s true thoughts about female leaders using a randomised ...

Une femme qui postule à un emploi considéré comme typiquement masculin, comme mécanicien automobile, a 22% de chances en moins qu’un homme, à compétences et qualifications égales, de se voir proposer un entretien d’embauche, selon ...

Even in 2018, prejudice towards women in powerful roles is widespread - but new research claims the problem is worse than statistics might indicate. While there have been numerous surveys conducted on the topic, a ...

Professional careers are notorious for demanding that people be single-mindedly devoted to work. It’s a demand that is often especially acute for men, who face rigid expectations that being a successful man requires having a ...

Olga Trostiansky, présidente du Laboratoire de l'Egalité, tire la sonnette sur les inégalités criantes entre les femmes et les hommes au moment où ils prennent leur retraite. Alors que Jean-Paul Delevoye lance la concertation sur la réforme ...

Over the last several years, competing notions of “diversity” have emerged. In many corners, the traditional definition, focused on demographic diversity, has been eclipsed by a new concept centered on experiential or cognitive differences. Deloitte, ...

For the last four years, companies have reported that they are highly committed to gender diversity. But that commitment has not translated into meaningful progress. Women continue to be vastly underrepresented at every level. For ...

This policy brief focuses on women who have overcome the barriers and advanced into management. It shows that, despite rising participation in the labour force, women’s careers remain concentrated in specific jobs and economic sectors, ...

Do we lie to get what we want out of negotiations? That depends, according to forthcoming research I conducted with  Jason Pierce of the University of North Carolina, Greensborough. We found that the likelihood of engaging ...

Comprehensive Sodexo Study Finds Gender-Balanced Management Teams Perform Better on Key Business Objectives. Shanghai, March 7, 2018 — Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, has found that teams managed by a balanced mix ...

The latest World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap report has found that it will take an unacceptable 217 years to achieve economic parity between women and men. This should serve as a wake-up call for leaders in ...

Previously, we have asked whether the number of women on boards has a relationship to corporate financial performance. Research suggests that it has. But is that the whole story? Does the number of women on boards reflect ...

Female speakers are outnumbered by men by three to one at Europe’s top international meetings including the Davos summit and Munich Security Conference, a report revealed on 8 March, the International Women’s Day. The ...

For D&I practitioners, the societal climate and political environment are essential context factors. Both have direct impact on what organisations are doing in regards to diversity, equal opportunities or integration. A first of its kind ...