Women's Forum Global Meeting 2024

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Marie-Christine Maheas

Forvis Mazars

Head of Forvis Mazars center for Diversity and Inclusion and coordinator The Gender Balance Workshops

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A French-Canadian Harvard Business School Executive Education graduate, Marie-Christine Mahéas is an engineer specialised in applied mathematics and computer sciences. Throughout her career in Canada and Europe, she held executive sales and operations positions in the Transport, Travel and Hospitality IT industry with the Canadian Armed Forces, American Airlines (Sabre), Carlson Wagonlit, Atos, CGI and SilverRail Technologies. Marie-Christine is now the Head of Forvis Mazars Center for Diversity and Inclusion, where she advises executive teams on how to accelerate gender balance in their organizations. She has been active in studying and supporting gender balance in the workplace for 20 years. She specialises in gender dialogues between professional men and women and in the specific role of executive leaders. She directed two collective books “Gender balance, when men step up” (Eyrolles 2015) and “Remixer la mixité” (Eyrolles 2021). Since 2016, she is the coordinator of the think tank Observatory for Gender Balance, now called Les Ateliers Entreprise et Mixité (The Gender Balance Workshops), identifying and sharing Gender Balance initiatives with a real impact. As part of this think tank, MC leads a club of 20 CEOs from large private and public groups, committed and eager to accelerate diversity in their organizations and beyond. Since 2020, Marie-Christine Mahéas has been co-founder and vice-president of the Gender and Governance Action Platform (2GAP) which brings together 90 professional diversity networks, intra or extra companies, private or public. In 2017, she also co-founded the Siècle des Femmes, a circle of women leaders. Marie-Christine is a teacher of Management in the Master of Public Policy at Sciences Po Paris and is an officer in the citizen reserve of the French Navy.

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Home Hub (Discovery Space)
Oct 23, 2024
10:25 AM11:00 AM

From macho to mindful: Positive manhood to transform our culture

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Alarming statistics reveal the urgent need to address toxic masculinity. 37% of boys and young men struggle with mental health, yet half resist seeking help due to societal pressures. Schools with programmes addressing toxic masculinity see a 45% reduction in male violence. This panel will explore how traditional notions of manhood, defined by "don'ts" like “don't cry or walk away from a fight”, contribute to violence, mental health issues, and social isolation. We’ll examine the costs of toxic masculinity on relationships and society, and discuss challenging the gendered division of caregiving and household responsibilities. Join us to explore the transformative power of embracing new masculinities prioritising compassion, vulnerability, and connection.
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