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Nordic Network for empowerment of immigrant
women without prior education experience
Feedback on questionnaire results
in Lithuania
Women migrants in Lithuania
“Women migrants in Lithuania - it is a very interesting topic. It would be very interesting to know how women of different nationalities, different ages, living in Lithuania, manage to adapt to our culture, a new social environment, how they look at locals, the Lithuanian men, social policy, education, science, culture. If their family life happy, or if mixed-ethnicity children feel well in Lithuania, whether they are able to adapt painlessly two languages, two cultures, and two outlooks.
There are two options of answers to these questions: in Lithuania women migrants are happy, free, educated, occupy a significant position in a society. They re-discover themselves, re-create their own identity. Or they are going through psychological trauma, suffering, because they had to leave their native country, face social, cultural adaptation difficulties. They can be nervous or apathetic, or indifferent to the ethnic community activities. These contrasting modes of migrant women are described by researchers.
Women migrants in Lithuania
Women migrants living in a new country should not be confined to marital happiness, successful career, or to family problems and public failures. In order for women migrants to learn to protect their personal coherent inner life, their family, and children from social problems they should be themselves, to know what human rights and fundamental freedom, equal opportunities policy is, what are the laws of the country to ensure that they and their children are safe in the new society. Participation of women migrants in the activities of the ethnic communities is not only the preservation of their traditional lifestyles and self expression, but also personality formation, education opportunities”.
M.A.Pavilionienė, Member of Parliament of Lithuania and President of Business
Women Organization of Lithuanian Ethic Groups
Some general statistics about the migration situation in LT
Country of origin
Women migrants
Women immigrants by age group, 2009
13%
2%
3%
11%
22%16%
9%
6%
5%
4%
3% 5% 1%
0-14
15-17
18-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-79
80+
Women migrants by country of birth
Women immigrants by country of birth, 2009
3%2%13%
5%
4%
26%1%
32%
11%
3%
0%
Ireland
Spain
UK
Latvia
Poland
Belarus
Moldova
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Women migrants by marital status
Women immigrants by marital status, 2009
33%
50%
14%3%
Single (never married)
Married
Divorced
Widowed
Asylum seekers in 2009
Organizations contacted
Business Women Organization of Lithuanian Ethnic Groups
The House of National Communities Labor Exchange International Migration Organization Vilnius Office
Questionnaire results
Nationalities:
Belorussians
Turks
Hungarian
Uzbekian
Romanian
Age
Turks: age range from 22 to 33 Byelorussians: age range from 39 to 60 Hungarians: age range from 26 to 50 Romanians: age range from 30 to 60 Uzbeks: age range from 50 to 63
Marital status
13%
27%
60%
married
divorced
single
Years living in the host country
4 years -Turks 13 -23 years -Byelorussians, Romanians and Uzbeks,
Hungarians 6 months - Hungarians
Language levels (basic, intermediate, advanced - spoken, written, comprehensive
Lithuanian language level
Turks: basic words
Byelorussians:
basic written, basic/intermediate spoken,
advanced comprehensive
Romanians:
advanced written, spoken, comprehensive
Hungarians:
a) basic written, spoken, comprehensive
b) advanced written, spoken/comprehensive
Work experience
Education
What skills do you have ? How many years?-
Do you feel a need for further education? If not, may we ask why not?
Yes - 60% No- 30% (I haven’t got enough money; have no time, too old to study)
If you don’t wish to study, what would you like to do instead?
33%- we wish to study
Work
If however, you do wish to work , but are not currently, what is stopping you?
13%- I wish to work but I have no experience and I don’t know the language
7%- I can’t find a job If you do not wish to work, what would you like to do
instead?
20% - I would help my children
13% - I would learn languages
Networks
Do you have social networks within your own community?100%- yes
Do you have social networks within multi immigrant communities involving other communities than your own?
50% -yes Do you have social networks within the Lithuanian
community?80 % - yes
Do you know how to find information about further education and classes?60% - yes
Do you know where to turn to get a job and whom to contact?55%- yes
What in your opinion would help you to get further education and/or to get a job
- Embassy of my country - my community
Which authority is responsible for immigrants arriving in the host country?
25 % - I don’t know
50%- Migration department Which authority is responsible for refugees arriving in the
host country?
25%- I don’t know
35 %- Foreigners registration centre
What are the existing processes/laws for integration of immigrants?
25% - I don’t know Which authority is responsible for employment when
immigrants arrive in the host country?
25%- I don’t know
Thank you