Category: Announcements 
2010-02-04
The European Training Foundation (ETF), an agency of the European Union, has been widely involved since its establishment in the identification, monitoring, and evaluation of EU
programmes aimed at developing human capital and promoting labour market reforms. In line with EU guidelines for co-operation for development, the ETF is fully supporting the principle that gender equality issues should be included in mainstreaming policy dialogue with partner countries and donors in the field of vocational education, training and employment.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the ETF, in partnership with the
Municipality of Turin and the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Turin, is organizing the international conference “Women and Work” on Sunday 7 March and Monday 8 March 2010 in Turin.
The conference aims at raising public awareness of gender equality challenges in education and employment and will focus on three themes: transition from school to work, entrepreneurship and social inclusion from a gender perspective. The conference will also mark the 100th anniversary of the first international women's conference held in the labour-movement building in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1910.
The conference will also be an opportunity to present the preliminary results of the current
ETF project on Women and Work 2008-2010 carried out in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia aimed at analyzing obstacles and opportunities for women’s employment in the private sector and promoting sustainable gender equality policies in the areas of education and training, and employment. |
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