We invite you to the opening online conference of the UPre Women – Capacity building and employability programme for women from the marginalized Roma communities: How to make the labour market accessible to women from marginalised Roma communities?
When?
Monday, 4. April 2022 1-5 pm CET
Where?
Online
Why are up to 70% of Roma women unemployed and how to make the labor market accessible to them?
The conference will focus on the status and strength of women and increasing the employability of women from marginalized Roma communities in Slovakia. It will present the results of our research study on the position of women in Dobšina and Veľký Krtíš, as well as the “paths” of Roma women who have succeeded in the labor market.
Organizations from Latvia and India will also share their experience in connecting marginalized women to the labor market.
The program
13:00 – 13:05
Opening of the conference, moderator: Gabriela Krestián Kuchárová, Carpathian Foundation Slovakia
13:05 – 13:15
Local Development, Poverty Eradication and Roma Inclusion Program, Ing. Jana Dacková, Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
The status and empowerment of women in selected marginalized Roma communities
13:15 – 13:35
Short panel discussion with:
- Mariann Ruud Hagen, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bratislava
- Gabriella Sancisi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Slovakia, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Slovakia
- Nigel Baker OBE MVO, British Ambassador to Slovakia, British Embassy in Bratislava
- Marek Chomanič, Regional Coordination Director, Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Roma
- Doc. PhDr. Michal Vašečka, PhD., Sociologist, Bratislava Policy Institute
13:35 – 14:05
The status of women living in marginalized Roma communities in Slovakia – results of a quantitative research, Mgr. Gizela Brutovská, PhD., Technical University of Košice
14:05 – 14:35
The journey for work – results of a study of working women living in marginalized Roma communities in Slovakia, doc. Mgr. Adriana Jesenková, PhD., Pavel Jozef Šafárik University, EsFem
14:35 – 14:45
Break
Increasing the employability of women from marginalized Roma communities
14:45 – 15:15
UPre Women: Capacity building and employability programme for women from the marginalized Roma communities, Veronika Miškech Fričová, Carpathian Foundation Slovakia
15:15 – 15:45
Barriers and opportunities for employment of women from marginalized Roma communities – experience from the projects People in Need and the Employment Agency of the Banská Bystrica Self-governing region, Michaela Mudroňová, the Employment Agency of the Banská Bystrica Self-governing region
Marginalized women and the labor market – experiences from the world
15:45 – 16:15
Breaking the boundaries: Engaging resource-poor women with skill and market, Dolon Ganguly, Azad Foundation, India
16:15 – 16:45
Empowerment of Roma women at national and local levels, Inete Ielite, Women’s NGOs Cooperation Network of Latvia and Malda Avramenko, Roma mediator, Venspils City, Women of Europe Award 2020 Finalist, Latvia
16:45 – 16:55
Concluding remarks, Jarmila Vaňová, Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
16:55 – 17:00
Closing of the conference, Laura Dittel, Carpathian Foundation Slovakia
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