Breaking the Waves Project realised by: ProEquality Coalition Conference on Gender Equality in Munic

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Breaking the Waves Projectrealised by
ProEquality Coalition Conference on Gender
Equality in MunicipalitiesFacts, tools,
perspectiviesVilnius, November 19-20,
2007Tereza Wennerholm Cáslavská, Breaking the
Waves, Coordinatorwww.proequality.cz
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• Motto of the project
• Equality brings quality
• Breaking the Waves project brings together a
  group of experts, NGOs and profit organizations
  both domestic and international to create an
  independent platform, which could bring up new
  and innovative solutions to existing gender-based
  discrimination in the labour market, public
  sphere and in the education field.

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Working Programmes Education, Politics,
Employees, Employers, Equal Pay, Mainstreaming5
partners in proEquality coalitionOpen Society
Open Society FundAperio.EuroProfis
Counselling Centre for CitizenshipCreative
Bazaar s.r.o.
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Achievements in the 2006 and 2007
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Strengthening the Think-Tank analytical and
research phase almost all the initial analyses
were carried out on the state of the individual
areas of the project, i.e. political issues,
education, labour market, and the general public
awareness of equal opportunities for women and
men.Two major directions of work internal
evaluation of the projects outputs, gender
mainstreaming, mainstreamingand networking on
the national as well as internationallevels.
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Working Program Education Gender Analysis in
Czech Education explains all the aspects related
to the state of education system and career
counselling at primary and secondary schools from
the point of view of gender.The Analysis of
Education and Career Counselling inspects the
work of education and career counsellors through
questionnaires sent to all primary and secondary
schools in the Czech Republic. The results were
summarized in a document called Selected Areas of
Education Counselling from the GenderPerspective.
Two methodology manuals for school principals
and school counsellors have been published.
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Working Program Policy Shadow Report on Equal
Treatment and Equal Opportunitiesfor Women and
Men in 2006 - a critical analysis of the public
policy in the area of gender equality. Available
in English. Analyses of gender sensitivity of
municipal and regional agencies. Methodology of
gender audits of municipal and regional agencies.

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Working Program Employers conducted by Aperio
and EuroProfisThe Analysis of the Data
Available on How EmployersApproach Gender
Equality and its Practical Implementationin the
Czech Republic and in Selected EU Countries
Workshop Modern Trends in HR Policies
Organizations Involved and Equal Opportunities
for Women and Men in February 2006Training of
gender auditorsMethodology of gender auditors
trainingPilot testing of audits in 5 companies.

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Working Program Employees Initial analysis of
the obstacles in the labour market for people
returning to it after a period of care for
children or elderly and identifying they key
counselling areasSuccessfully launched training
for counsellors and designed Methodology for the
trainingTeam of proEquality counsellors working
throughout the Czech RepublicMethodology of the
proEquality counselling available
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Working Program Mainstreaming A Reference Book
on the Communication and Mainstreaming Tools
Communication and Mainstreaming Strategy -
the best possible ways of promoting the Breaking
the Waves project in media and to the target
groups
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Working Program Equal Pay - strategic
materials formulating the principles of equal pay
for women and men for the same work or work of
the same value Analysis of Potential
Discriminationin Remuneration how the systems
of remunerationin the CR manage or fail to apply
the principles of equalpay for equal work or
work of the same value . a brief explanation of
Czech legislation relatedto equal remuneration
Principles of Collective Bargaining and the
Principlesof Equal Remuneration for Women and
Men model principles of remunerating women and
men and principles of collective bargaining for
trade unions, employers and employees.
Methodology of equal pay for employersLitigati
on manual for civic disputes in the area of equal
payOn-line counsellingAdvocacy
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Gender audits definition, conceptualization and
use

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Gender mainstreaming

• Twin-track strategy
• Integration of womens and mens concerns (needs
  and interests) throughout the development process
  (in all policies and projects).
• Specific activities aimed at empowering women

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Gender audits clearing the conceptual confusion

• many competing conceptualizations exist in the
  literature
• gender audits vs. gender evaluations
• gender audits of institutions vs. gender audits
  of budgets
• gender audits vs. participatory gender audits
• we adopt institutional approach to gender audits
  zeroing on gender sensitivity

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Dimensions of analysis

• a wider framework of promoting gender equality
• goals and structure of the audited institution
• mechanisms and process of institutional life
• acceptance of gender equality principles

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Applying the tool

• preparation phase
• execution phase
• final phase

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Information gathering techniques

• document analysis
• analysis of statistical data
• semi-structured interviews
• questionnaire

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To keep in mind

• GA requires gender expertise
• presented structure is not set in stone
• flexibility and creativity is required
• GA is not a one-time-only tool

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