Genderwise

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COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE
Genderwise The role of men as agents of change
in reconciling work and family life
Transnational seminar In Enna 07th October 2006
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Plan of intervention

• Presentation
• Two cases studies
• Conclusion Questions for debate

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Presentation
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The LAG members

• Introduction Our LAG tells us that we are two
  men, agents of change in gender equality !
• Presentations
• Philippe GUY Master house painter in building
  sector

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The LAG members

• I ensure various activities of representation in
  the field of the professional policies
• President of the Confederacy of the Craft and the
  Small firms of the Building of the department of
  Alpes de Haute Provence
• Member elected of the Chamber of Trades of the
  same department
• Member elected of the regional chamber of Trades,
  president of the commission training
• Vice president of the National of Health
  Insurance of the department
• Vice president of the Regional Observatory of the
  Trades

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The LAG members

• Lionel NARI
• Driver conductor in passenger transportation
  company (bus and railway) the Departmental
  Authority of Transports
• Union representative of the trade union CGT -
  General Confederation of Labour

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Cases Studies
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Case Study - Philippe GUY

• The reception of two women in my 'men' working
  team
• Background
• Experiences
• Results or effects
• Solutions or learning to be retained

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Case Study Lionel NARI

• The case of a woman who wants to become a
  controller
• Background
• Experiences
• Results or effects
• Solutions or learning to be retained

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Conclusion
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Conclusion

• We work with women who decide to practice in
  'male' stereotypical trades
• Which is the link with the gender approach
  developed by men ?
• So that women become integrated into these jobs,
  the presence of a man 'integrator' 'companion' is
  necessary, notably at the level of the working
  teams in order to guide them in their
  integration in term of competences and not
  differences

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Conclusion

• If the men in the workplace want to invest
  'feminine' stereotypical professions
  (educational, care, services) then, do they also
  need, as in our cases, women to guide and
  optimize their integration ?
• To develop the notion of exemplarity ?
• To open the debate on other dimension the
  representativeness in the workplace (in decision
  making or in representatives functions)