A project specially dedicated to empowering and enlightening adolescent female workers and job seekershttp://dfl.wageindicator.org

DECISIONS FOR LIFE aims at:

Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women.

and more specifically on:

Promoting formal employment and equal opportunities at the labour market.

This project targets adolescent (defined as women aged 15-29) female workers and job seekers in 8 large occupational groups in the service sector.

These service sectors:

employ the bulk of working women in the age group of 15-29.are growing in (almost) all the developing countries.Why does this project target adolescent women in these service sectors ?

DECISIONS FOR LIFE aims to support thesewomen in making informed decisions as the expectations from this target group are multi-fold!

Here we sight some examples of the earnings of this target group and shall choose South Africa to demonstrate with. However big or small the amount may seem, yet it makes a significant contribution for ones family !

Profession Salary per MonthSalary per Year

Call centre operatorsR 3514 to R 39122R 42198 to R 469829Secretaries R 4422 to R 16390R 53110 to R 196835 BookkeepersR 7219 to R 23259R 86693 to R 279323 IT programmersR 7978 to R 55517R 95810 to R 666719 Office ReceptionistsR 5087 to R 11097R 61091 to R 133269 The Salary Check assumes work as 40hr per week.

It is estimated that in these selected 14 developing countries, some 10 to 12 million female adolescents aged 15-29 are working in the service sectors concentrated in the urban areas where Internet access can be easily had and so we have more chances to reach-out to them in massive numbers.Why only in these 14 developing countries ???????

The popular OFFLINE approachAn ONLINE approach&

This means

This means

Decent Work Check www.decentworkcheck.org

A tool with a check-list to see whether your job, salary and social security are in accordance with National laws and International conventions.

Partner Check A game inviting young women, to imagine and consider several real life situations.

Economic, professional, personal life scenarios that could take place in their life according to the life-partners they would choose.

Salary Check A tool that enables you to get an idea of the salary colleagues earn for a similar job or position.

The resulting salary indication values are real statistics after having conducted a stretch of salary surveys.

Womens rights at the work-place

These can be found in the DFL website and the Wageindicator websites, like Mywage.org or Meusalario.org, enlightening women on topics such as:

maternity leave rights day-care help for the working mother laws and tips against sexual harassment etc

Best-place-to-work tool

Will be online in the near future ..

A screen-shot of the home page

The Wageindicator websites presence in the 14 countries:

Angolawww.Meusalario.org/AngolaBotswanawww.Mywage.org/BotswanaMalawiwww.Mywage.org/MalawiMozambiquewww.Meusalario.org/MozambiqueSouth Africawww.Mywage.co.zaZambiawww.Mywage.org/ZambiaZimbabwewww.Mywage.org/Zimbabwe

Indiawww.Paycheck.inIndonesiawww.Gajimu.com

Azerbaijanwww.Mojazarplata.org/AzerbaijanBelaruswww.Mojazarplata.org/BelarusKazakhstanwww.Mojazarplata.org/KazakhstanUkrainewww.Mojazarplata.org/Ukraine

Brazilwww.Meusalario.org.br

Trade Unions in Southern Africa:

South Africa:Confederation of South African Workers' Unions (CONSAWU)www.consawu.co.za

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)www.cosatu.org.za

Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)www.fedusa.org.za

National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)www.nactu.org.za Regional Project Partners AFRICALRS - Labour research Service Capetown (LRA) www.lrs.org.za

Trade Unions in Southern Africa:

Angola:Unio Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (UNTA-CS)www.unta-cs.com

Botswana:Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU)Malawi:Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU)

Mozambique:Organizao dos Trabalhadores de Moambique (OTM) www.otm.org.mz

Zimbabwe:Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)www.zctu.co.zw

Zambia:Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Email: zctu@microlink.zm

CIS Countries:

Azerbaijan:Azerbaycan Hemkarlar Ittifaqlari Konfederasiyasi (AHIK) www.ahik.org Email: ahik@azerin.com

Belarus:Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP)www.bkdp.org

Kazakhstan:Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan(FTUK) www.fprk.kz

Ukraine:All-Ukrainian Union of Workers' Solidarity (VOST)email: vostky2@i.com.ua

Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU)www.kvpu.org.ua

Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU)www.fpsu.org.ua/

Asian Countries:

India:Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)www.members.rediff.com/hms

Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)www.intuc.netSelf-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)www.sewa.org

Institute of marketing and management (IMM)www.immindia.com

INITES Professional

Indonesia:Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Sejahtera Indonesia (KSBSI)www.ksbsi.or.id/news.php

South-American Country:

Brazil:Central nica dos Trabalhadores (CUT)www.cut.org.brFora Sindical (FS)www.fsindical.org.br

Unio Geral dos Trabalhadores (UGT)www.ugt.org.br

Departamento Intersindical de Estatstica e EstudosSocioeconomicos (DIEESE)www.dieese.org.br

DECISIONS FOR LIFE is awarded a MDG3 grant from:

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals no 3 (MDG3): Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women.The focus is particularly on MDG3.5:

Promoting formal employment and equal opportunities at the labour market. This is one of the four MDG3 priority areas identified in the Dutch Ministrys MDG3 Fund.

To spread the message of this project, our primary aim is:

The organising of young women workers wherever they might be. Our Affiliates and Federations are the tools to do this, but not an end in itself.

http://dfl.wageindicator.orgTOGETHER

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