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Economic empowerment for women
Santiago di Compostela
May 2010
WEED Transnational Workshop 2
Where we are, where we want to go
Employment and jobs - baseline study Preferred directions 2010 – a year for action and planning Deciding the priorities Making the most of the partnership
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Employment and jobs - baseline study
Problems – Women’s lower pay, underemployment, job security,
gender segregation
Contributory factors– Difficulties reconciling family & work– Lack of access to job creation possibilities ( soc
enterprise)– Entrenched attitudes of employers and stakeholders
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Partial overview
City Pop W % LF % 25-54 inactive for family reasons
LSG Priority
Amiens 163 000 43 4.9 Young, unskilled
Alzira 43 000 41 18.2 Young and women over 40
Celje 49 000 43 3.9 Young, qualified
Crotone 60 000 25 15.2 Unskilled women
Enna 28 000 24 15.2 All ages but partic atypical workers
Karmina 63 000 37 12.4 Women w under 3s + Roma women
Medway 160 000 44 1.9 Young, unskilled, longer term unemployed
Santiago 93 000 41 18.2 Young, over 40s and wom on fixed contracts
Umea 110 000 48 2.1 Lower paid, marginalised4
Preferred directions
New and stronger measures to– Improve nature of jobs and income from them– Improve reconciliation of work/ family – Improve municipal support for social enterprise as
source of employment– Increase access to new sectors & full time jobs
Strengthen local economic planning, implementing and monitoring for change
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2010 – a year for action and planning
Recession but European Year for Combating Poverty and social exclusion
Nearing the end of the Roadmap for Equality but growing recognition of role of women in the route out of recession
Spanish Presidency highlighting potential of social economy
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Deciding the priorities
Cities in Crisis report and WEED review shows– Continuing and new problems – Contributory factors haven’t changed but made
worse by recession– Evidence of successful initiatives but overall
information and evaluation weak – Commitment exists but achievable priorities are not
made clear
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Real efforts being made
– Strategies to stimulate better employment for women – Umea, Attractive Workplace
– Including family impact evaluation of social enterprise support – Alzira, City Crisis Plan
– Reconciling work and family – Karvina, pre 3 childcare for low income working mothers
– Regional and municipal plans– Santiago/ Galicia Equal Opps Plan 2008-11
– Changing employers attitudes – Celje, Family Friendly award
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Past and future EU funding
‘Project proposals would be linked to regional programmes or other sources of funding’ ( Baseline) are we much further on?
– Past - Subventions from state budgets, ESF, ESF EQUAL, Leonardo
– Possible – ‘Erasmus for young entrepreneurs’; Progress (?) ; – Current calls for proposals: ESF ‘Industrial Relations and
Social Dialogue’ Due date 31 August 2010 ; INTERREG, Next call 5-24th September 2010
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Making the most of the partnership
Solutions never going to be the same for different cities but much to learn from one another and from experience elsewhere
Workshop outcomes Identify one area where change to promote better employment
or social enterprise Be aware of 3 examples of tools you can use Identify source of funding for the area you want to change and
measures you want to use – local and transnational .
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