Europe and the United States have made great strides to encourage women to join the workforce. In Europe, the employment rate for women is 62%, up from 55% in 1997. And women now represent 60% of university graduates. But most...

L'Europe et les USA ont fait d'immenses progrès pour favoriser l'entrée massive de femmes dans le monde du travail. En Europe, le taux d'emploi des femmes est aujourd'hui de 62%, contre 55% en 1997, et les femmes représentent...

April 22 - 28 LIFE HAPPENS IN YOUR TWENTIES It’s been tough going for 20 year-olds. They graduated into one of the worst economies in decades, with some of the highest student loan burdens. According to a new report, half of...

When we ask men to describe a negotiation exercise, most of them will compare it to winning a sporting competition. When we ask the same thing to women, most of them will liken it to a visit to a dentist appointment....

Read her views on the work-life balance debate, her tips for law students and what she thinks of quotas for women on boards. Elected in December 2010, Christiane Féral-Schuhl is only the second women in 800 years to become...

You’ve heard the critics. Do we really need a special day to honour women? The truth is, having a dedicated day is a good way to get people to stop and think, to get the dialogue going again. Let’s use March 8 to cheer on...

February 26 - March 3 JOB APPLICATIONS: DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO? “Detail oriented”, “Can work in a fast-paced environment”, “team player”… We’ve all seen these buzzwords used in various job ads. Fortune...

February 12 - 18 IS THE WAGE GAP A MATTER OF CHOICE? In the U.S., the average female worker still earns about 81 cents for every dollar a male worker makes. While this difference can be explained by the types of careers women...

Ever heard of Women 2.0's pitch conference? It's a unique event to learn about launching products from concept to cash and customers! Competition finalists pitch live to a panel of investors for feedback and prizes. It's Women 2.

One banker at Davos said they don't study for MBAs. Another said as mothers they found it hard to travel to deal with...

January 22 - 28 WHERE ARE THE WOMEN AT DAVOS? This week the World Economic Forum has opened its doors once again in Davos, Switzerland. Despite a new quota system demanding that the largest members send one woman for every four...

In the second interview of our series on Women and MBAs, WoTo brings you Hind's story. Does it really pay to do an MBA? What can this diploma bring to women? After hearing Sarah's story, here is Hind's take on things.

WoTo brings you the results of a survey led by “Grandes Ecoles au Féminin”, a French alumni organization Here are a few feel-good facts and numbers to start with: Women are more ambitious than men; 81% of men say that their...

Meet Zatashah, a dynamic entrepreneur who gives her insight on what it takes to make it in business! Today we're going to tell you the story of Zatashah, a dynamic entrepreneur based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She has...

After the "mommy penalty", here comes the "fatherhood bonus"! We started reading recently about something called the "fatherhood bonus". We had all heard about the "mommy penalty", the idea that having children creates a real...

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Finance is one of those fields that doesn't rhyme with "relaxing" and "flexible". The field stacks up as even more inflexible than other professions with a reputation for being demanding, such as medicine and law.

"When I grow up, I want to be a lawyer!" Lots of young girls formulate that wish and a good number of women choose to study law and do become lawyers. In France, according to the Justice Department, 51.9% out of the 53,744...

WoTo gives you tips to boost your self-confidence “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” - Dalai Lama Pretty much everybody knows that self-confidence is an...