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Rethinking gender balance for everyone

Understand how to rethink workplace gender equality.

Couverture du livre Remixer la mixité, femmes et hommes : parler et agir autrement

Diversity, equity & inclusion · Gender equality

Gender balance and equality are rightly central to Diversity & Inclusion. Despite stronger legal frameworks, proactive measures and glaring injustices, progress is slow. Pay gaps, glass ceilings and everyday sexism persist. The climate can frustrate men who perceive positive discrimination, and women when discussions focus only on women rather than gender balance as a whole. How can we change direction and discuss gender balance for everyone, without reducing the subject to women’s place?

Part 1 · From increasing female representation to gender balance

  • A society slowly moving beyond gendered roles
  • Yet stereotypes persist

Part 2 · Women and men

  • Four historical approaches to the subject
  • Engage men without casting them as oppressors
  • Engage men without casting them as saviours

Part 3 · Neither gender fatigue nor gender washing

  • What benefits can everyone share?
  • Examples: self-censorship, masculinisation and work-life balance

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