em kit pp tfinal conference october 2012
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Yevgeniya AverhedProject coordinator
Empowerment kit for Immigrant women with low educational /
working experience
Final conference in Stockholm5 October 2012
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author,
and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Some facts about EM-kit project
LLL programme: Grundtvig multilateral project
Duration: October 2010 – October 2012
Coordinator:
Project partners:
Definitions and statistics
Target group of the project: non-EU foreign born women (outside EU-27)
Statistics: approximately half of 1.8 million of non-EU foreign born immigrants in Europe (2009)
Reasons for migration: Family migration – about 52 % Employment (with job settled before migration) – 2 % Employment (without job settled before migration) – 23 % International protection – 9 % Study – 6 % Other – 8 %
Main trends regarding education and employment of immigrant women in Europe
For high-educated women:Deskilling and overqualification
For low-educated women: High undemployment and lack of labour
market opportunities and educational possibilities
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High-educated immigrant women (EU:2009)
Native-born Foreign-born Non-EU-27-born women women women
Part-time work
Temporary contracts
Lower wages
Typically female sectors: Cooking Cleaning Healthcare Household
Grey market and more..
Low-educated immigrant women (EU:2009)
More 77 mln. of people in EU are low-skilled. Immigrant women are highly represented among them
Main reasons are war, lack of well-functioning educational system in countries of origin and other
Employment rate of immigrant women is 16.5 % lower then women of EU nationality
Consequences: social isolation and segregation
Situation in project countries
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PES
Municipality
Education Language
Employer
Labour market Courses
NGOs
Active citizenship / employment
Entry
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Objectives of EM-kit project
Woman
To assist immigrant women to society To assist immigrant women to society and labour market in host countries and labour market in host countries
through adult educationthrough adult education
Information about:Information about:
EducationEducationLabour market systems Labour market systems
Self-esteemSelf-esteem MotivationMotivation
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Active citizenship
Joining in
Going outside
Working on professional qualifications
Voluntary work
Living in isolation
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Result 1
Result 3
Result 4
Result 5
Individual plan
Coach (PES)
Result 2
EM-kit concept
More information on the web-site of the project:
www.socialempowerment.eu
Contact information:
Yevgeniya Averhed (project coordinator)
+4618680036
And finally…
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young
Thank you for your attention!