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Ceský svaz ženCzech Womens Union
Non- governmental Organisation ( NGO )
Chairperson PhDr.Zdenka Hajná, CSc.
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• Organization is focused on
• CEDAW
• Action Platform 1995 Beijing
• 23rd Extraordinary Session of the UNO

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• Program
• Womens Condition in Society
• Labour Market
• Country Women
• Family Strengthening

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• 45 thousand members
• 920 grass roots
• organisations
• 4 regional centers
• Central Assembly
• Central council

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• Collaboration with State Body
• Governments Priorities and Procedures for the
  Enforcement of the Equality between Men and Women
  , The National Action Plan
• Govermental Council for Human Rights the
  Section for Equal Opportunities
• Governmental Council for Equal Opportunities for
  Men and Women

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• Legislation
• 1982 Convention on Elimination of all Forms of
  Discrimination against Women
• 1991 Law on Salary
• 1993 - The Constitution of the Czech Republic
  its part Charter of Fundamental Rights and
  Freedoms

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• Legislation
• 1998 Action Plan Priorities and Procedures for
  the Enforcement of the Equality of Men and Women
• Law on legal means of protection against
  discrimination and on equal treatment is being
  discussed nowadays - not specified only for
  women

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• Organisations dealing with gender equality issues
• Ombudsman general - not specifically for women
• Parliament
• Chamber of deputies
• -Commission for Family and Equal Opportunities
• Senate no Commission

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• Organisations dealing with gender equality
  issues- Governmental level
• Responsibility for coordination- Ministry of
  Labour and Social Affairs
• Section for Equality of Women Men
• Action Plan Government Priorities and
  Procedures for the Enforcement of the Equality of
  Men and Women completed and amended by the Act
  of Government every year

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• Organisations dealing with gender equality
  issues- Governmental level
• Authorised Officers for Equality Issues in each
  Ministry part-time
• Governmental Council for Equal Opportunities of
  Women and Men 19 members (5 women organisations
  of that)

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• Organisations dealing with gender equality
  issues- Governmental level
• Governmental Council for Human Rights
• - Committee for Elimination of All Forms of
  Discrimination of Women propose the Reports of
  CEDAW representatives of governmental
  administration and women organisations

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• Action Plan
• Promotion of the principle of equality men and
  women as part of Government policy
• Legal support for equality between men and women
  and raising legal awareness
• Promouting equal opportunities for men and women
  in access to economic activities
• Balancing social position of men and woímen
  caring for childern and gfamily members in need

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• Action Plan
• Considering women from viewpoint of their
  reproductin function and physiological
  differences
• Suppression of violence directed at women
• Monitoring and assessing effectiveness of
  ptomotin of the principle of equal treatment of
  men and women

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• Project is financed by the EU and National
  Budget
• The name of the project
• Conditions for balancing professional and family
  life-partnership in family
• Coordinator- CWU
• Developing partnership 27 partners

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• Goals
• To contribute to change in attitudes of the
  general public
• To support creation of partnership in families
• Strengthening of women's self-confidence
• Motivating employers
• To improve women's position on the labour market.

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• Target groups
• Women on parental leave, women after parental
  leave, recent students and graduates, unemployed
  women of mid to senior age (pre-pension), rural
  women, handicapped, low qualified,
  post-incarceration

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• Main activities
• The activities are aimed at analyses of the
  current state/situation, seeking new solutions,
  preparing recommendations for solutions
• Concept processing of 4 methodologies aimed at
  different focus groups
• Recommendation of measures that may be applied to
  the employment policies
• Transnational cooperation Scotland, Sweden

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• Outputs
• The analyses results
• Methodologies training
• Pilot stage
• Counselling
• Medial campaign

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• Current project situation
• The phase of analyses is complete including legal
  analysis
• Synopsis of 4 methodologies
• Preparation of pilot verification
• Preparation of development partners conference
  with potential output users from the project
  Information is available on www.csz.cz

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• Methodology No. 1 - general
• Goals Initiate changes in societys
  attitudes,the matter of equality between
  genders,the matter of womens equality in family
  and in work, change the understanding of mens
  and womens roles in society
• Focus Group The Public, Public administration,
  Journalists and Education Providers

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• Methodology No.2 Disadvantaged groups of women
• Goalsto develop motivational and educational
  program for disadvantaged groups of women with
  the name I am knowledgeable, I want to, I
  can,help to raise chances for disadvantaged
  groups of women to assert on the labour market

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• 4 modules
• 1. Motivation, self-examination, the ability to
  identify others
• 2. Individual progress and information about
  educational possibilities
• 3. Woman in Czech society in 21st century
• 4. Woman Situation in relation of work and
  labour-law

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• Methodology No. 3 Effective influence on
  employers (what the employer should know about
  flexible working methods and gender politics and
  the importance of this knowledge)
• Goal demonstrate that the application of
  anti-discrimination policies in companies can
  have a positive impact, support the employers
  concern, and by using the womens potential, it
  could be economically advantageous.

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• Methodology No. 4 Counselling and services
• Goal To monitor Czech labour market in providing
  counselling and services, establish counseling
  centre for equal opportunities for men and women
  with special attention to problems in the labour
  market, analysis of services for families with
  small children and suggest steps to achieve this.
  

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• Sokrates - Grundtvig 1
• Project - Associative involvement of women and
  responsibilities
• Referee - France - National Information, and the
  documentation center for women and families,
  Spain and Austria

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• Goal help women to manage and undertake
  voluntary managers responsibility in
  associations and let them evaluate their own
  skills and obtain responsible positions in other
  structures as a politics, work and civic society.
  
• CWU June 2005 elaborated methodology
  verification

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• Thank you for your attention.
• Contact details Ceský svaz žen
• Panská 7, 111 53 Praha 1
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• E-mail hajna_at_csz.cz, info_at_csz.cz
• Telephone [phone]
• Website www.csz.cz

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