Setting the Benchmark for Gender Equality Across the Board.
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Relevant Information:
One area where abz*austria provides much needed support for women, is in integrating Migrant Women into the Labour Market.
Challenges for migrants in access to the labour market in Austria
- Migrants (esp. women and esp. from Turkey or African countries) face more unemployment, de-qualified and part time work, segmentation -> risk of poverty
- Second and third generation have the highest rate of unemployment (13,8%)
Employment rate:
- women (OE) 68%
- women (migrants) 57%
Income:
- Women earn only 2/3 of what men earn
- Women with migration status, earn even less - only 2/3 of that
Education:
- Migrant women are over-proportionately represented in the highest and the lowest educational ranks
Migrants (especially women) face more unemployment, non-recognition of their formal qualifications, and tend to opt for part time work -> risk of poverty
- Prejudices and discrimination/ very traditional labour market and companies
- Legal status - insecurity, lack of perspectives, and
- Differences in appreciation, recognition of skills, work experience and qualifications
- Costs for vocational trainings and qualifications
- Lack of access to informal networks with locals
- Diversity in between groups of migrants -> tailor-made measures
abz*austria provides tailored support for its ‘target’ groups, in concert with Viennese government integration policies.
- Qualified women of countries outside the European Union, who have immigrated to Vienna since 2008
- Estimated participants: ~ 260 from January 2010 - December 2011
- Vienna offers all new immigrants the Start Wien program, to assist in their integration process (information, counselling)
- Case Management for qualified women is a standard follow-up procedure, and is funded by Municipal Department (a supplementary offer to the specific target group)
SOURCE:www.labourmigration.eu/events/document/70?format=raw
