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SERIES - ARTICLE 2 - DISCOVER OUR SECOND ARTICLE "WOMEN LEADING THROUGH STEM AND AI IN ASIA" IN COLLABORATION WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK!

March 11, 2024
Dive into our series of articles addressing gender disparities in STEM education and careers in Asia. 🧬👩‍🔬

SERIES - ARTICLE 1 - DISCOVER OUR LATEST ARTICLE "WOMEN LEADING THROUGH STEM AND AI IN ASIA" IN COLLABORATION WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK!

March 5, 2024
Dive into our series of articles addressing gender disparities in STEM education and careers in Asia. 🧬👩‍🔬

REDISCOVER THE SPEAKERS OF THE GLOBAL MEETING 2023 WITH OUR PARTNER WAVESTONE!

February 20, 2024
Reconnect with the brilliant minds and inspiring voices from our most recent Global Meeting in 2023 ✨

Reboot & Women's Forum Study: To Like or Dislike? Women’s Complex Relationship with Social Media Influencers

November 30, 2023
Discover the exclusive study of the Reboot Foundation and the Women’s Forum on the relationship between teenage girls and influencers.

OPEN: YOUTH VOICES CALL TO APPLICATION GLOBAL MEETING 2023!

September 15, 2023
We are excited to announce the official launch of our Youth Voices' initiative Call to Application for our upcoming Global Meeting on November 28-29 2023 in partnership with Generation 2030 and Global Shapers Community

Launch of the 3rd Edition of WomenEntrepreneurs4Good Initiative

April 17, 2023
Following the success of the first and second program editions, the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, in partnership with Bank of America and HEC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Paris is excited to launch the third edition of the WomenEntrepreneurs4Good program, which aims to support women’s entrepreneurship in social and environmental projects.

LEADERSHIP FOR HEALTHY SYSTEMS CHANGE

January 23, 2023
Healthy systems change is critical and urgent if we are to transform to a more sustainable and equitable society. As we reimagine and reshape our world in the aftermath of COVID-19, whilst grappling to address complex global challenges, the systemic nature of health crises is coming to the fore. We can no longer afford to […]

WOMEN4BUSINESS DARING CIRCLE: WHY ENGAGING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUPPLIERS IS CRITICAL FOR SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE VALUE CHAINS

January 23, 2023
Companies and organisations have an imperative to transform their supply chains to meet the needs of our rapidly changing world. While many are taking action to transform their supply chains by strengthening their transparency policies, exploring tech solutions to enhance traceability, and diversifying their suppliers, they cannot fully optimise their value chains without engaging their […]

EQUALITY AND THE STEM PIPELINE

January 23, 2023
How companies can contribute to closing the gender gap in STEM: Part 1 Inspired by the multistakeholder collaboration with our partners and the research conducted alongside our Women4STEM Daring Circle over the last four years, the effects of technology have been on our minds recently. At the Women’s Forum Global Meeting which recently came to […]

ACCELERATING ACTION FOR INCLUSIVE AI: THE WOMEN4AI CALL TO ACTION 2022

January 23, 2023
The world is waking up to the wealth of opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the converging crises we face as a global community; from climate change, economic inequality and war to societal polarisation and growing distrust. While AI has enormous potential to bring people together, it can also drive misinformation, propaganda, hate […]

REFLECTING ON CLIMATE AND GENDER AT COP27: HOW CAN COMPANIES TAKE ACTION IN 2023 AND BEYOND?

November 23, 2022
November has been a crucial month for climate change. It has also been a critical month for gender. On Gender Day at COP27 in Egypt, countries and non-state actors came together again to discuss how to put gender at the forefront of climate action. Leaders and activists discussed challenges and shared success stories from around […]

WOMEN4AI CALL TO ACTION 2022

October 17, 2022
PREAMBLE This call to action invites organisations to commit to implement inclusive AI, whether that means embarking on first steps, accelerating existing initiatives or scaling best practices. To create inclusive technology, fundamental transformation is needed: this includes supportive governance frameworks and structural shifts, but small steps are a good way to start this journey. Actions […]

YOUTH VOICES AT THE WOMEN’S FORUM GLOBAL MEETING 2022!

October 13, 2022
Youth are our future. As we face complex global challenges including the climate crisis and increased geopolitical instability, the world needs the leadership of a new generation – a generation that is more fired up than ever about human rights, economic, racial and gender justice and the environment. More than anyone else, young people know that it […]

IT’S TIME TO ACT FOR EQUALITY

October 3, 2022
It’s time to act for gender equality and break the glass ceiling once and for all. The 17th annual Women’s Forum Global Meeting is taking place on 29-30 November 2022 at Palais Brongniart in Paris, France. We will gather around the theme Time to Act. Over the course of our 2-day meeting, we will engage our international community of leaders and change […]

INCLUSIVE SOURCING: A BUSINESS-WIDE STRATEGY FOR TRANSFORMATION

September 28, 2022
With geopolitical crises and the increasing impacts of climate change putting pressure on economies and threatening livelihoods around the world, companies everywhere are looking to enhance the resilience of their supply chains. 70% of leading companies in sustainable procurement ranked supply chain resilience as a top priority in 2021.[1] Inclusive sourcing, including supplier diversity, offers […]

LE WOMEN’S FORUM LANCE SON APPEL A CANDIDATURES POUR 40 FEMMES CREATRICES D’ENTREPRISES

September 2, 2022
Par Morgane Miel BNP Paribas inaugure, avec le Women’s Forum, le French Women Entrepreneurs 40, qui distinguera 40 entreprises de croissance dirigées par des femmes. Le point avec Laure- Emmanuelle Filly. Si leur nombre progresse – lentement –, les entrepreneures ont encore du mal, même quand leur modèle «performe», à accéder au financement qui leur […]

MAKING SENSE OF GENDER-CLIMATE-NEXUS – THE JOURNEY OF THE WOMEN4CLIMATEACTION DARING CIRCLE

August 31, 2022
Evidence shows that women are disproportionately impacted by climate change. However,women are also powerful agents of change who can accelerate and scale up climate action. The Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society’s Women4ClimateAction (W4CA) Daring Circle(DC) explores the challenges and aims to unlock opportunities at the gender-climate nexus. Ourwork promotes initiatives and solutions to […]

WHAT IS INCLUSIVE AI? A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE WOMEN’S FORUM

August 24, 2022
Right now, discussion about the need to reduce bias in technology is everywhere. The question now should not be only about how we can reduce bias, but how we can actively make AI inclusive.  We know that carrying on with business-as-usual would mean continuing to hardwire bias and discrimination into society. However, currently, there is not enough […]

THE AI CHAPTER OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT

August 24, 2022
Written by Mary Bellard, Principal Innovation Architect Lead at Microsoft When looking ahead to the future of work and the workplace, AI’s role will continue to evolve. And when we acknowledge that the employment rate of people with disabilities is less than half that of people without a disability, despite the availability of disability talent and the societal benefits we all […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS IN INCLUSIVE AI

August 24, 2022
Written by Claire Calmejane, Chief Innovation Officer, Société Générale Finance is at the heart of the economy, and the opportunities that digitisation and AI provide will help to make finance much more accessible to all and simpler for everyone. It is, however, of the utmost importance to bring in a diverse perspective to this process […]
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