European Federation of Mentors for Girls and Young Women

International Conference 15th – 18th October 2008, Graz

Youth in Action Improvement of Innovation and Quality

16 Organisations13 Countries12 Months - 2008

International Conference

- The Projectpartner

-The Results

-WS Mentoring

-WS European Federation

-WS Future Cooperation

-WS Participation

Excursions

Youth, Girls, Women, Migrants

Gender Research

Gender equality

Youth Umbrella Organisation

Breaks & Leisure Time

Presentation/Break/Booth/Lunch

Today – Guided Tour

Thursday – styrian autumn, exhibition

Friday – Intercultural Cooking + Dinner

General Aimof the project

To establish a thematic Network of Organisations and Individuals

Working in the Field of Girls and Young Women Support

Focusing Mentoring

network

Germany

Project Structure

• National Workshops

• National Meetings / Interviews

• Internet Portal / Online Database www.womentor.eu

• International Conference

National Workshops

13 - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany,

Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Turkey,

UK, Austria

15 Workshops

B_Plovdiv

B_Sofia

Latvia

R

Poland

Participants

Mentees, School - Girls, Students, (Young) Women in Projects/ in Companies, Mentors, Youth Workers, Decision Makers, Politicians, Professors, Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce/Trade Union,Projectmanager/-staff, Researchers, Gender and Equal Commissioner, Business Returner, Entrepreneurs, Journalists, ……

Uk,

Rumania

MentoringConsulting, Supervision, Know how Input, Counselling, Business Training, Coaching, Know how transfer, Project management tools, Empowerment, Guidance

Equal Relationship - Accompanist

Role Model

MentoringThe Act of Sharing / Transferring Experience of Elder / Experienced/ Successful Persons to Younger Persons

Mentoring as a process of personal development, whatever it needs

Needs Time and Resources andCommitment

Doris+statue

Estonia

Turkey

European Federation

Sustained and Continuous Structure

Girls and Young / Women

Mentoring

poland

B_sofia

Future Cooperation

New Mentoring Programs

Award

Exchange, Training

Cyber Mentoring

Media Mentoring

Germany

Greece

R

Participation

german/english

new/innovative approaches and strategies for the participation of girls and (young) women in social society

Rumania

Czech

Portugal

Romania

European Federation of Mentors for Girls and Young WomenAustrian Report

A

Women use to work in branches with low wages, under precarious conditions or only part time.

(EU 2007, S. 19 )

(Armutsbericht 2004, AK 2006, Grüne 2008, EU 2008)

Women are less integrated into the labor market. They receive lower wages and therefore lower social benefits, too.

 

Part time employment in Styria 

   Women

 Men

 

 together

 part time

quota

 44,8 %

 4,3 %

 22,5 %

 

(Sozialbericht 2006, S. 13 )

(Sozialbericht 2006, Arbeiterkammer 2006, Grüne 2008 )

Greece

Men get paid for more than 80% of their work.For women it is less than 50%.

The burden increases not only with children, but also with a partner.

Two thirds of the home care of relatives and acquaintances are done by women.

(Sozialbericht 2006, S. 17 )

(Sozialbericht 2006, S. 17 )

(Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 71 )

(Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 72 )

Estonia

The difference of the annual gross income has increased between 1998 and 2005 from 39,6% to 40,4%.

The difference of the hourly gross income has increased from 18% (2005) to 20% (2006).

Difference in income at different ages

(Grüne 2008, S. 17 )

(Grüne 2008, S. 15 )

Poland

Boys get about € 145 per month as pocket money, girls only € 85.

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7378

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210

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330

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250

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12 Jahre 13 Jahre 14 Jahre 15 Jahre 16 Jahre 17 Jahre 18 Jahre 19 Jahre

weibliche Jugendliche

männliche Jugendliche

gesamt

Difference in income: pocket money

(Jugendstudie Anhang 2007, S. 5 )

(Jugendstudie 2007, S. 23 )

Poland

The higher the average income of a branch, the higher the gap between men‘s and women‘s wages.

(EU 2007, S. 22 )

(Sozialbericht 2006, Arbeiterkammer 2006, Grüne 2008 )

Estonia

(EU 2007, S. 27 )

Latvia

(EU 2007, S. 23 )

Germany

Parliament: 32,8% Regional Parliaments: 31,7% Federal Government: 29,9% Men still hold two thirds of the political power in Austria.

Women in politics

Women in top positions

48 % of the 207 top-selling companies are lead by men exclusively. None is lead by women only .Within all Austrian companies listed on stock exchange, only 2,9% of the managing directors / board members are female.

(Grüne 2008, S. 57 f. )

(Grüne 2008, S. 28 & Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 17 )

Czech

Other important issues / problems

Violence against womenEvery fifth woman is estimated to be a victim of violence

Less stable social relations / familiesDivorce quota ~ 50%Divorced women with children (single parents) are one of the groups with the highest risk of poverty

General Politics/ Gender PoliticsRather conservative gender role model at majority of

political parties„Lash back“ in conservative government (2000-2007) Strategies and future development very unclear

Financial political aspects Budget for „social infrastructure“ is comparatively small. (Child care institutions etc.) there is substantial lack (esp.

< 3years) Maternity leaves are not attractive for men. (70% income loss, women 56%)

(Notruf 2004, S. 1 & AÖF 9/2008)

(Statistik 2008, S. 1)

(Arbeiterkammer 2006, Grüne 2008)

(Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 10)

A

Girls as target group of mentoring programs are difficult to acquire ( e.g. in youth organisations, support programs)

Most relevant problem area/s of girls and young women:

• Self esteem, self worth, self confidence• Eating disorders / mental problems with beauty ideals• Sexuality / sexual demands, sexual self confidence• career choices according to traditional role models:

hairdresser, shop assistant or secretary

Technical careers are still uncommon

Girls and young women – no networks

Report of the workshops in Austria (I)

Persistent Gender Stereotypes – carreer choice, income,work-life-balance, traditional and catholic values

Problem of gender awareness in education of all levels (teaching staff, learning resources)

„Glass Ceiling“ is reached at approx. Age of 30 until then it‘s rather unreal, but then there is big

frustration

Positive Discrimination to bring women in „men‘s domains“ is rather ambivalent (sometimes felt as deficit)

Integrated Approach – including famlies, peers, companies

There is little offer of mentoring programs in non-traditional professions

Report of the workshops in Austria (II)

Italy

Mentoring is done on many different levels from small autonomous self-help groupsover training courses (e.g. by employment agencies) to career planning/support in public sector (e.g. universities) and private sector (industry / big companies).

Main areas Mentoring in EducationJob MentoringSpecial Target Group Mentoring Company MentoringSpecial Mentoring

Mentoring in Austria

Germany

Mentoring in Education

Students Mentors from economy, universities

Career perspectives for “High potentials”

Networking of mentees and mentors

General as well as especially for women

Examples:

Bildungsmentoring.at (supp. By fed. govmt.)

akademikerBILDUNG steiermark

Scientists Mentoring University Vienna

Erfolgsakademie

B_Plovdiv

Job Mentoring

Coaching & mentoring for job search

Often for women / persons with disadvantages

Unemployed women, business returners, women with little qualifications

Mentoring as resource for job search

Self employment as additional opportunity

Strong support for founders from different public sides

Examples:

Girls’ Day, Jobs4Girls.at

Jobmentoring WAFF

UGP (AMS/OESB)

B_Plovdiv

Special Target Group Mentoring

Special target groups within women

Mentoring for (female) migrants

Mentoring for special business areas (e.g. technical jobs, IT, health sector, …)

Special Mentoring for Youth

Special Mentoring for young mothers

Regional Mentoring

(Styria, Salzburg, Carinthia, Tyrol, …)

Estonia

Company Mentoring

“Trainee Programs”

“H.R.” Development Tool

Identification and support of “high potentials”

Mostly for employees

Some offers for students

Examples:

Siemens, IBM, BA-CA

Portugal

“Special Mentoring”

Main function networking of women with women

Goal: Personal Development & career development

Development of “high potential” connections

Mainly by / for women in higher position

Counterpart of “old boys networks”

Examples:

Mentoring Steiermark

“Frauenpower”

Club Alpha

Rumania

Thank you for your attention !

Sources: Allgemeiner Auskunftsdienst der Statistik Austria, Pressemitteilung Juni 2008 zu finden unter http://www.statistik.at/web_de/presse/pressemitteilungen_laufendes_jahr/6/031441?year=2008&month=6 [Statistik 2008]

ARGE Jugend gegen Gewalt und Rassismus: Ergebnisse der Steirischen Jugendstudie; Graz 2007. [Jugendstudie 2007]

ARGE Jugend gegen Gewalt und Rassismus: Ergebnisse der Steirischen Jugendstudie; Tabellen- und Grafikanhang. Graz 2007. [Jugendstudie Anhang 2007]

Dr. Andreas Höferl / Mag. Paul Pöchhacker im Auftrag der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Politikberatung und Politikentwicklung - ÖGPP: Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht für Österreich; Wien 2004. [Armutsbericht 2004]

Europäische Kommission. Generaldirektion Beschäftigung, soziale Angelegenheiten und Chancengleichheit, Referat G1: Bericht zur Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern 2007; Luxemburg 2007. [EU 2007]

Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften: Bericht der Europäischen Kommission an den Rat, das Europäische Parlament, den Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss und den Ausschuss der Regionen zur Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern 2008; Brüssel 2008 [EU 2008]

MA 57, 24-Stunden Frauennotruf der Stadt Wien, 2004, zu finden unter http://www.diesie.at/export/sites/fsw/diesie/downloads/dokumente/factsheets/gewalt.pdf [Notruf 2004]

Mag.a Brigid Weinzinger / Dr.in Anita Bernroitner / Mag.a Sabine Wagner im Auftrag des Grünen Klub im Parlament: Grüner Frauenbericht 2008; Wien 2008. [Grüne 2008]

Robert Reithofer / Maggie Jansenberger im Auftrag der Plattform der steirischen Sozialeinrichtungen: Wahrnehmungsbericht zur sozialen Lage in der Steiermark; Graz 2006. [Sozialbericht 2006]

Silvia Angelo / Ingrid Moritz / Sybille Pirklbauer / Christa Schlager / Iris Woltran / Sepp Zuckerstätter im Auftrag der Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien: AK Frauenbericht 1995 – 2005. Arbeit – Chancen – Geld; Wien 2006. [Arbeiterkammer 2006]

Verein Autonome Frauenhäuser: Informationsstelle gegen Gewalt. [AÖF]