09.04.2015UWE-Meeting 2009 EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR LEADERSHIP AND DECISIONMAKING "The Consequences of Project- and Flex-jobs on the Lives and Careers of Women”

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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. …

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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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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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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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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Thanks foryour good work!