Past Events

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON WOMEN AND JOB MOBILITY 21 February 2008, Turin, Italy

The International Training Centre of the ILO, AFAEMME and SIPTU are pleased to invite you to participate in the International Seminar on Women and Job Mobility that will take place in Turin on 21 February 2008.

The seminar deals with the mobility of women in the ITC sector. In particular, the purpose is twofold: to discuss the actual role of women in the ITC sector and to outline new job opportunities for women in the ICT sector.

Meeting Agenda

9.00-9.10Welcoming by ITC ILO
9.10-9.30Introduction by AFAEMME
9.30-12.30

Round table "Women's Role in the Information and Communication Technology
Sector: Fact or FICTion"

Coordinator: ITC ILO
Speakers:
Ms. Marina Larios - WiTEC
Ms. Britt-Marie Sodenberg Torstensson - Winnet Europe
EPWS to be confirmed
Eures Italy to be confirmed
Politecnico of Turin to be confirmed
Ms. Paola Mastromarino - Telecom

14:00-16:00

Round Table "Women's mobility towards new ICT jobs: pICTure and perspective"

Coordinador: ITC ILO
Speakers:
Ms.Giovanna Boschis - APID
Ms. Nancy Pascal - DG RESEARCH European Commission
M. Vittorio Capecchi - University of Bologna
Istat to be confirmed
Gender Department of Presidenza del Consiglio to be confirmed
Ms. Simonetta Cavazza - Gender Unit ITC ILO

16.00-16.30Conclusion: SIPTU

 

For further information please contact with: M.Veyret-Picot@itcilo.org

 

Invitation to the Celebration of the International Women's Day 2008 Thursday, 6 March 2008, Brussels

The International Women's Day will be celebrated by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament on Thursday, 6 March 2008. Representatives of the Network of Parliamentary Committees for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union (NCEO) will participate actively in the meeting.

The Day will start with a conference on "The role of women in the intercultural dialogue". It will be the occasion to hear women from different parts of the world on the subject. Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, will open the conference.

Thereafter, a seminar on "Gender mainstreaming in parliamentary work" will concentrate on the presentation of best practices by delegations from national Parliaments and Members of the European Parliament.

The conference and the seminar will be chaired by Dr. Anna Záborská, Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

The meeting will take place in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament (Building Paul-Henri SPAAK, rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels).

People wishing to attend should contact the following e-mail address: ip-femm@europarl.europa.eu , as soon as possible and no later than 25 February 2008.