short report on the situation of trade union women’s structures of the network
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Short report on the situation of trade union women’s structures of the Network . based on a questionnaire disseminated within the ITUC-PERC Women’s Network Agnieszka Ghinararu . Aims of the short questionnaire . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
based on a questionnaire disseminated within the ITUC-PERC
Women’s NetworkAgnieszka Ghinararu
to see what is the general situation of the TU women’s structures and in which forms they are organized
to use the outcomes during the 13th Women’s School
26 collected questionnaires out of 30 organizations present during the School
Albania: BSPSH, KSSH Bulgaria: CITUB,
Podkrepa Czech Rep.: CMKOS Croatia: NHS Estonia: EAKL Georgia: GTUC Hungary: LIGA,
MSZOSZ Kazakhstan: FTURK Kyrgyzstan: FTUK Latvia: LBAS
Lithuania: LDF, LPSK, Solidarumas
Macedonia: KSS, UNASM
Moldova: CNSM Montenegro: CTUM Poland: Solidarnosc Romania: BNS, Cartel-
Alfa Russia: FNPR Serbia: Nezavisnost Ukraine: FPU
a. women’s network – 6 / 26b. women’s committee-national level – 8 / 26c. equality committee-national level – 6 /26 d. other form of organization: 6 /26 LPSK Women’s Center Solidarnosc: structure based on individual
membership with regional internal composition FPU Council’s standing commission BNS, CITUB and Podkrepa have both: Network and
National WC
Legal personality which allows women's structure to act on your own
for example: ability to submit project proposals to different donors, cooperate with different institutions, etc.
YES- 10 /26
Women’s structure is mentioned in a statute of confederation in
20 cases out of 26
21/26 women’s structures have reserved seats in decisions making bodies
in majority of cases (13 ) it is 1 seat in 1(or two) decision making body
the other varies from 2 up to 27!? In 21 cases they have full voting rights; 2 – advisory position
Other means of influencing the decision making bodies of confederations:
submitting proposals of decisions and statements (8 answers)
lobbing among the delegates and other leaders (5 answers)
confederation’s website - 24 e-mail - 23 own website - 8 regular bulletin of our structure - 4 other:- - mass media; - - Facebook (!) of the Women Committee of GTUC; - - own newsletter, and newsletter of the MSZOSZ; -
mailing list; - - Newspaper “Solidarumas”;- - Meetings of the Committee and decision making bodies/
web site of the Confederation will be active soon/;- - various events (round tables, seminars).
Women’s structures’ activities are financed by their confederations in 17/26 cases
11 cases - regular, annual budget 9 cases - ad hoc financial support Other financial sources were listed as well: - applying to different foundations; - projects (5 answers) - ESF (2 answers) - F. Ebert Foundation (2 answers) - funding from branches - membership fees; - ILO - partnerships with NGOs - donor organizations (2 answers)
Educational activities Campaigns Cooperation with NGOs, institutions, etc. Successful lobbying governmental
bodies to influence (amend/adopt new) law
8 March activities and other celebrations Projects
Lack of (or not sufficient) funds Lack of human resources Not many (young) active women and
passiveness of those in women's structures – do we know why?
Lack of understanding that women’s issues are trade union issues
Not enough educational activities for women Small number of women in decision making bodies Crisis