Can Single-Gender Education Help Explain the Challenges of Contemporary Masculinity?

Can Single-Gender Education Help Explain the Challenges of Contemporary Masculinity?

One might expect opinion writers, activist groups, and politicians, who never hesitate to exploit major news to promote their agendas, to at least verify the research before speaking with dogmatic certainty. Last week, the focus on what needed to change, if our society wanted to cleanse itself of gender-based violence, centered on a range of issues such as prevention, judicial reform, and sex education.

We Need to Teach Basic Housekeeping to Our Kids

We Need to Teach Basic Housekeeping to Our Kids

On my first weekend at college, a quarter century ago now, I dutifully packed my laundry basket, bottle of detergent, and quarters for the machines, and descended into the basement of the building next-door to mine to do laundry. As I was starting a load, I overheard a conversation between two guys in the laundry room. They were, it appears, highly confused about what exactly they needed to do

Flexible working – good for gender equality at home?

Flexible working – good for gender equality at home?

There has been a significant increase in flexible working in the last two decades, especially during Covid. But there is disagreement about the effects of this – does it create an opportunity for more equal division of housework and childcare, or reinforce traditional gender divisions?

70% of companies that have integrated parenthood into their HR strategy report an increase in employee productivity

70% of companies that have integrated parenthood into their HR strategy report an increase in employee productivity

The COVID-19 crisis has further amplified the blurring of the boundaries between professional and personal life, and working parents have been hard hit. In 2021, mothers in particular were 15% less confident than men about their professional future in France. Internationally, in 2024, almost 1 in 2 women considered that having children had a negative impact on their career.

I am a CEO with a fourth baby on the way – here is what I have learnt

I am a CEO with a fourth baby on the way – here is what I have learnt

When I had my first baby, I was struck by how many people assumed my career as a director would be put on ice. More people asked, “Have you painted the nursery yet?” and “Will you be going back to work?” rather than, “What are your next career goals?” Meanwhile, no one seemed to ask my male partner the same questions.

Cash & Love reinvents the couple’s relationship with money

Cash & Love reinvents the couple’s relationship with money

Cash & Love is the result of the personal story of Lady Grâce and her husband Valestin Pitou. After their marriage, the couple encountered numerous financial challenges, sources of frustration and incomprehension.

Concerned that these difficulties were marring the harmony of their relationship, Lady Grâce and Valestin took matters into their own hands. They realized that the key was financial education, and very soon they were able to build up a solid nest egg on a single income and, in the process, set up their first company: Ophel Business.