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LATEST ARTICLES

• 11 January 2012
  WIL Member Diana Wallis running for President of the European Parliament

  On 17 January the MEPs will vote on who should be their president for the next 30 months. One of our members, British Liberal Democrat Diana Wallis (currently Vice-President of the European Parliament), is running as an independent candidate for the position to address EU’s ‘democratic deficit’.
  

• 19 December 2011
  The Science Factor - Leading Girls Wanted

  Science Factor aims at solving a paradox of our days – high unemployment among young people is registered in France and all across Europe, and yet innovative high-tech companies encounter problems with recruiting new candidates.
  Under the auspices of the French Minister of Higher Education & Research and supported by Orange and Syntec, Science Factor is a contest aiming at inciting at least 1500 young people to opt for science education.
  

• 15 December 2011
  GlobalWIN hosts WIL member & MEP Britta Thomsen

  On Monday, November 28th, Britta Thomsen, Danish Member of the European Parliament, met with Board Members, supporters, and staff members of the Global Women’s Innovation Network (GlobalWIN) at the offices of Time Warner, Inc in Washington, DC.
  

• 30 November 2011
  5 Minutes With Viviane de Beaufort

  Viviane de Beaufort, professor at ESSEC Business School, is the founder of an ambitious educational programme, WOMEN be European BOARD Ready, at the French Management School ESSEC. In this interview she talks about the programme, her career and diversity in business.

EVENTS

• 08 November 2011
  WIL session during the Global Forum in ICT

  For the second time, the organizers of the Global Forum in ICT have handed over to WIL the mission to organize the session on women in the information society. During the high-level event, several profound speakers brought forward best practices to nourish the female talent pipeline.
• 06 October 2011
  Improving Corporate Governance breakfast report

  On 6 October, the European Network for Women in Leadership (WIL), in cooperation with Administration Moderne, the French association of female high civil servants and the American Chamber of Commerce in France held a high-level debate around the topic of governance. Over 70 high-profile attendees joined us at Swisslife Banque Privée to discuss and propose solutions to improve governance in the context of the financial crisis, which go beyond the sole use of quotas on Boards.
  
• 05 July 2011
  WIL biannual meeting and first general assembly

  The issue of governance attracted over 60 participants to the WIL biannual meeting and its first general assembly, July 5. Event host CEO and Chairman of France Télécom Stéphane Richard, engaged in a dialogue on measures taken by his Board to establish a more gender-balanced leadership after the severe socio-economic crisis.
• 08 February 2011
  "Creating Economic Growth" Luncheon with Brussels-based members

  Financial regulations, the single market and corporate governance were the three pillars of economic growth discussed at a luncheon with WIL Brussels-based members by Sharon Bowles, Chair Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament, and Paulina Dejmek, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier.

ABOUT WIL

European Commissioner Viviane Reding with Marina Niforos, Gender Diversity Lead representing INSEAD, Thaima Samman, WiL President, representing Microsoft & Claudine Schmuck, Global Contact Director, representing Women’s Forum