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18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR LEADERSHIP AND DECISIONMAKING
"The Consequences of Project- and Flex-jobs on the Lives and Careers of Women”
Our topics
1. There are only internships or participation in temporary projects available for young graduates
2. Higher Flexibility of the Labour Market and Atypical Employment Situations
3. Balancing career and family duties at the time of globalisation
4. …
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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!!
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
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
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
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
2. Higher Flexibility of the Labour
Market and Atypical Employment Situations
Status quo:• Life long contracts are disappearing – most
are selfemployed
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
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
18.04.23 UWE-Meeting 2009
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
3. Balancing career and family duties
at the time of globalisationTarget:• 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
•
3. Balancing career and family duties
at the time of globalisationTarget:• 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
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