EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR LEADERSHIP AND DECISIONMAKING

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EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR LEADERSHIP AND DECISIONMAKING

• "The Consequences of Project- and Flex-jobs on
  the Lives and Careers of Women

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Our topics

• There are only internships or participation in
  temporary projects available for young graduates
• Higher Flexibility of the Labour Market and
  Atypical Employment Situations
• Balancing career and family duties at the time of
  globalisation

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Our structure
Status quo
Target
How to reach the target
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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• Status quo
• NL many get permanent jobs many need working
  experience
• RU situation for young graduates very difficult
  job agency - pays one year if jobs for three
  years
• F possibility of getting a job depends on
  parents and their education and possibilities

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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• Status quo
• GB inequality in favour of males strict labour
  laws ? high prevalence of unsecured jobs - some
  permanent positions but fewer than before cut
  backs in academic posts create very serious
  problems, with highly educated young people
  making their training

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UWE-Meeting 2009
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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• Status quo
• Even in universities or in government
  institutions there are only one year contracts
  no maternity leave no pension rights no
  unemployments security
• problematic for women due to anticipated breaks
  in employment to child rear

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UWE-Meeting 2009
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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• Status quo
• FL it is against the law to continue temporary
  employment very long
• GB some permanent positions but fewer than
  before cut backs in academic posts create very
  serious problems, with highly educated young
  people making their training

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UWE-Meeting 2009
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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• Target
• F increase the rate of employment for graduates
  from deprived families or areas
• Legal rights for ALL employees
• Childcare!!

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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• Target
• NI more oportunities not just for children of
  those who are well connected

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UWE-Meeting 2009
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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• How to reach the target
• Already working during study include practical
  experience in the curriculum?
• Better level of childcare
• More concentration on technical subjects for
  female students
• A kind of white paper procedure

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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• How to reach the target
• RO NGOs should make lobby for this matter
• NL find some way in which participation in
  temporary projects can count towards career
  progression
• EU-Institutions pay interns like the European
  Comission

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1. There are only internships or participation in
temporary projects available for young graduates

• How to reach the target
• State should give better example to the private
  sector
• Training in self presentation skills
• Mentoring

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2. Higher Flexibility of the Labour Market and
Atypical Employment Situations

• Status quo
• UK companies have to grant mothers part time
  jobs you can negotiate with employer
• FL birthrates fear of being left alone
• Sometimes attractive to young people
• unproductivity because of constant searching for
  a new job

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2. Higher Flexibility of the Labour Market and
Atypical Employment Situations

• Status quo
• Life long contracts are disappearing most are
  selfemployed

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UWE-Meeting 2009
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2. Higher Flexibility of the Labour Market and
Atypical Employment Situations

• Target
• Legislation should oblige employees to offer the
  same conditions to all
• More people can work from home

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2. Higher Flexibility of the Labour Market and
Atypical Employment Situations

• How to reach the target
• Gender audits
• Top priority on the political agenda! - Political
  and legal pressure

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3. Balancing career and family duties at the time
of globalisation

• Status quo
• Problem applies especially to highly qualified
  professions
• Women work twice as much as men do the
  housework should be superwoman
• Women have pressure from all sides
• Women work for the family men for themselves

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3. Balancing career and family duties at the time
of globalisation

• Status quo
• Experience seen as hidden salary
• Careers destroyed
• Many business travels
• Increasing pressure and speed of working life

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UWE-Meeting 2009
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3. Balancing career and family duties at the time
of globalisation

• Target
• Create good living condition and education
  possibilities in each country employing foreign
  labours.
• sharing responsibilities reaching a higher
  acceptance to help women
• Double income ? pay someone for the homework,
  change the attitude to domestic help

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3. Balancing career and family duties at the time
of globalisation

• Target
• Raise awareness of more women to the importance
  of choice and the necessity for humanity to stop
  having one half sacrificing itself
• Women can make maternity leave without loosing
  career status
• Higher rate of fathers take care of the children

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3. Balancing career and family duties at the time
of globalisation

• How to reach the target
• Education of boys
• flexible worktime
• Parental leave for both parents
• More examples of good practice and its benefits

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• Thanks for
• your good work!