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BEING A RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYER
In 2015-2016, our firm continued its ambitious social responsibility policy by fostering gender balance, working on diversity and improving the well-being of its teams.
PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE FEMALE TALENT POOL
firstly, journalist Florence Servan-Schreiber on the topic of super powers; secondly, former French elite rock climber Catherine Destivelle on self-confidence; and more recently, former leader of France’s aerobatic team Virginie Guyot on leadership and trust. The second initiative focuses purely on Gide and takes the form of round table meetings between women lawyers, from interns through to partners, to share experience and career tips.
OBJECTIVE: 30% women partners by 2025
“ In setting up InspiringWomen@Gide, it seemed im-
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or several years now, Gide has faced up to the real challenge of gender balance in the corporate and business world. As well as applying fair remuneration, the firm has put into place concrete actions for the promotion of women, such as the management of non-linear careers and the roll-out of tools for the advancement of female talent. In 2015, Gide launched two key initiatives. The first, called InspiringWomen@Gide, is a series of conferences by well-known women to our female lawyers and their clients. Three such meetings have already taken place:
portant to us to work on personal development topics that are far-removed from law matters, for an invigorating break in our everyday professional lives. It was a great honour to welcome these three inspiring women, Florence Servan-Schreiber, Catherine Destivelle and Virginie Guyot; all three gave us breath-taking performances, and enabled us to build up our relationships both among ourselves and with our clients. We all left the conference room feeling empowered, and we truly wish to keep building on this programme.
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Nadège NGUYEN, Partner, member of the Executive Committee
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