“VivaWomen!”– Present in more than 30 cities worldwide, “VivaWomen!” brings together motivated female and male volunteers to take action to promote gender equality and support women in the Groupe, regardless of their position or function within the Company. Coordinated by the Groupe’s CSR Department, it is present from Los Angeles to Shanghai, via Mumbai, Madrid, Paris, London, New York, Chicago and Sydney, Cotonou and Dubai. “VivaWomen!” USA has created two sub-groups; “VivaParents”, to more closely support future parents, and VivaTech, focused on women in the technological and digital sectors. The area of focus of “VivaWomen!” is twofold: Career Development (with leadership training, coaching, etc.) and Work-Life Integration (with practical workshops on “motherhood and work,” “time management,” with regular testimonials from female or male role models, etc.). In every city, priorities are adjusted to meet the expectations of local teams. “VivaWomen!” works alongside women’s networks among the Groupe’s clients and with other companies to carry out joint awareness raising and mobilization actions. Lastly, in accordance with its initial positioning, “VivaWomen!” commits to causes that defend the rights of women and girls.
“Égalité”– Launched in the United States, this network brings together employees from agencies mobilized in the defense of LGBTQ+ rights (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities), and is backed by the Groupe’s CSR Department. All agencies have now joined this network, which is present in various major cities from Boston to Atlanta via London and Paris. Ten US agencies obtained a performance score of 100/100 in the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, renewed each year. This award was the result of an initiative launched in 2006. The focus of these evaluations is the policies in place and the activities to promote inclusion carried out in the agencies. Égalité is now present in ten cities around the world.
enABLE – This more recent network, also supported by the Groupe’s CSR Department, brings together various local initiatives that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities, with inspiring programs in India, the United Kingdom and the United States, to educate on the issues and allow for a better understanding of the different types of disabilities and the opportunities that these atypical profiles can represent for the Company and the internal culture in terms of genuine inclusion.
The Women’s Forum has been a Publicis Groupe subsidiary since 2009. This global platform’s ambition is to promote the voice, vision and added value of women not only to issues of equality, but also to other issues concerning global social and economic issues as a whole. The Women’s Forum works for a fairer and more inclusive world, seeking to remove structural barriers to equality to ensure that women of all generations and from all ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds are players and decision-makers in all areas.
Since 2020, the Women’s Forum has published its Barometer in partnership with Ipsos, which enables a comparison between the perception of the general public with the actual most recent figures in the G7 and/or G20 countries. This instrument is driven by the ambition of the Women’s Forum to be a reference point on gender issues and in areas where women are the most disadvantaged, while their impact is decisive such as the climate, female entrepreneurship, professions of the future, artificial intelligence and healthcare. This barometer enables the monitoring of the progress made year after year and inform political and economic decision-makers as well as civil society. The pandemic had a significant negative impact on the situation of women, as revealed by the latest results presented in October 2021. For example, 69% of women surveyed said they had suffered from burnout, anxiety or depression since the start of the pandemic.
In 2021, the Women’s Forum brought together its community around the theme Uniting Power & Purpose at two main forums: the G20 Italy Women’s Forum and the 2021 Women’s Forum Global Meeting. As part of the G20 under the Italian Presidency, the Women’s Forum presented public policy recommendations addressed to international leaders in order to implement a “She-Covery” for a truly inclusive recovery. The Women’s Forum also launched the Pact Towards Zero Gender Gap, signed by 27 business leaders in Milan, and another 28 in Paris, during the two meetings of the CEO Champions initiative.
On the occasion of the 2021 Global Meeting in November 2021 in Paris, organized around the theme Her and Now, the Women’s Forum brought together political, economic and civil society leaders, alongside young activists, to share innovative solutions to the challenges of today and tomorrow. 10,000 young people were invited to participate online and 100 young people were welcomed to this event at the Louvre museum in Paris as part of the launch of the Youth Initiative. This 2021 hybrid edition brought together more than 15,000 participants online in four days with nearly 1,000 participants in Paris on the last day. In addition, for the first time in its history, the Women’s Forum joined forces with Diane Von Furstenberg to co-organize the twelfth edition of the prestigious DVF Awards, exceptionally held in Paris.
Since 2018, the Women’s Forum has Daring Circles, bringing together around 50 partners: companies, international institutions, NGOs and experts. These five unique and innovative cross-sector working groups aim toimplement solutions where women are disproportionately affected and where their leadership is crucial: Women4AI, Women4Business, Women4Climate, Women4Health, Women4STEM. These action-oriented coalitions aim to develop operational solutions on the climate, technology for the common good, access to health and economic empowerment.
