Workshop | Balancing Power Between Women and Men
Understanding power dynamics to build respect, safety, and equity
Across workplaces, institutions, and everyday life, women and men do not experience power in the same way. These differences are not limited to individual behaviour — they are shaped by historical, social, economic, psychological, and physical factors.
Balancing Power Between Women and Men is a conference that offers a clear, structured, and respectful exploration of power dynamics — not to create division, but to foster understanding, responsibility, and constructive change.
This conference helps participants recognize how power operates in professional environments, interpersonal relationships, and situations involving authority, conflict, or vulnerability.
What this conference explores
- Historical and cultural roots of power imbalances
- Differences between power, authority, influence, and domination
- Psychological and relational power dynamics between women and men
- The impact of fear, surprise, and trauma responses (freeze, dissociation, toxic immobility)
- Why victims may be unable to react — and why judgment is harmful
- Responsible and ethical use of power
Key objectives
- Develop a clearer understanding of gender-based power dynamics
- Identify subtle and overt forms of imbalance
- Understand physiological and psychological responses to fear and trauma
- Move beyond stereotypes and victim-blaming narratives
- Strengthen empathy, accountability, and professional judgment
- Promote respectful, balanced, and safe interactions