1. European Federation of
Mentors for Girls and Young
Women
International
Conference
15th – 18th October
2008, Graz
Youth in Action
Improvement of Innovation and
Quality

2. International
Conference
- The Projectpartner
- The Results
- WS Mentoring
- WS European Federation
- WS Future Cooperation
- WS Participation

3. Excursions
Youth, Girls, Women, Migrants
Gender Research
Gender equality
Youth Umbrella Organisation

4. Breaks & Leisure
Time
Presentation/Break/Booth/Lunch
Today – Guided Tour
Thursday – styrian autumn,
exhibition
Friday – Intercultural Cooking +

5. General Aim
of the project
To establish a thematic Network
of Organisations and Individuals
Working in the Field of Girls and
Young Women Support
Focusing Mentoring

6. network

7. Germany

8. Project Structure
• National Workshops
• National Meetings / Interviews
• Internet Portal / Online Database
www.womentor.eu
• International Conference

9. National Workshops
13 - Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Germany,
Greece, Italy, Latvia,
Poland, Portugal,
Rumania, Turkey,
UK, Austria
15 Workshops

10. B_Plovdiv

11. B_Sofia

12. Latvia

13. R

14. Poland

15. Participants
Mentees, School - Girls, Students,
(Young) Women in Projects/ in
Companies, Mentors, Youth Workers,
Decision Makers, Politicians,
Professors, Representatives of the
Chamber of Commerce/Trade Union,
Projectmanager/-staff, Researchers,
Gender and Equal Commissioner,
Business Returner, Entrepreneurs,
Journalists, ……

16. Uk,

17. Rumania

18. Mentoring
Consulting, Supervision, Know
how Input, Counselling, Business
Training, Coaching, Know how
transfer, Project management tools,
Empowerment, Guidance
Equal Relationship - Accompanist
Role Model

19. Mentoring
The Act of Sharing / Transferring Experience
of Elder / Experienced/ Successful Persons to
Younger Persons
Mentoring as a process of personal
development, whatever it needs
Needs Time and Resources and
Commitment

20. Doris+statue

21. Estonia

22. Turkey

23. European Federation
Sustained and Continuous Structure
Girls and Young / Women
Mentoring

24. poland

25. B_sofia

26. Future Cooperation
New Mentoring Programs
Award
Exchange, Training
Cyber Mentoring
Media Mentoring

27. Germany

28. Greece

29. R

30. Participation
german/english
new/innovative approaches and
strategies for the participation of
girls and (young) women in social
society

32. Rumania

33. Czech

34. Portugal

35. Romania

36. European Federation of
Mentors for Girls and Young
Women
Austrian Report

37. A

38. (EU 2007, S. 19 )
Women use to work in branches with low wages,
under precarious conditions or only part time.
(Armutsbericht 2004, AK 2006, Grüne 2008, EU 2008)

39.
Part time employment in
Styria
Women Men together
part time 44,8 % 4,3 % 22,5 %
quota
(Sozialbericht 2006, S. 13 )
Women are less integrated into the labor market.
They receive lower wages and therefore lower social benefits,
too.
(Sozialbericht 2006, Arbeiterkammer 2006, Grüne 2008 )

40. Greece

41. (Sozialbericht 2006, S. 17 )
Men get paid for more than 80% of their work.
For women it is less than 50%.
(Sozialbericht 2006, S. 17 )
The burden increases not only with children, but also
with a partner. 2006, S. 71 )
(Arbeiterkammer
Two thirds of the home care of relatives and
acquaintances are done by women.
(Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 72 )

42. Estonia

43. Difference in income at different ages
(Grüne 2008, S. 17 )
The difference of the annual gross income has increased
between 1998 and 2005 from 39,6% to 40,4%.
The difference of the hourly gross income has increased
from 18% (2005) to 20% (2006).(Grüne 2008, S. 15 )

44. Poland

45. Difference in income: pocket money
450
420
400
weibliche Jugendliche 360
350 männliche Jugendliche 330
300 gesamt
250
250
210 220
200 165
160
150 105 145
117 78 112
100 56
34 73
50 14 18 4038
2822 3528
0
12 Jahre 13 Jahre 14 Jahre 15 Jahre 16 Jahre 17 Jahre 18 Jahre 19 Jahre
(Jugendstudie Anhang 2007, S. 5 )
Boys get about € 145 per month as pocket money,
girls only € 85. (Jugendstudie 2007, S. 23 )

46. Poland

47. (EU 2007, S. 22 )
The higher the average income of a branch,
the higher the gap between men‘s and women‘s wages.
(Sozialbericht 2006, Arbeiterkammer 2006, Grüne 2008 )

48. Estonia

49. (EU 2007, S. 27 )

50. Latvia

51. (EU 2007, S. 23 )

52. Germany

53. Women in politics
Parliament: 32,8%
Regional Parliaments: 31,7%
Federal Government: 29,9%
 Men still hold two thirds of the political power in
Austria. (Grüne 2008, S. 57 f. )
Women in top positions
48 % of the 207 top-selling companies are lead by
men exclusively. None is lead by women only .
Within all Austrian companies listed on stock
exchange, only 2,9% of the managing directors /
board members are female. (Grüne 2008, S. 28 & Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 17 )

54. Czech

55. Other important issues / problems
Violence against women
Every fifth woman is estimated to be a victim of violence
Less stable social relations / families
(Notruf 2004, S. 1 & AÖF 9/2008)
Divorce quota ~ 50%
(Statistik 2008, S. 1)
Divorced women with children (single parents)
are one of the groups with the highest risk of poverty
(Arbeiterkammer 2006, Grüne 2008)
General Politics/ Gender Politics
Rather conservative gender role model at majority of political
parties
„Lash back“ in conservative government (2000-2007)
Strategies and future development very unclear
Financial political aspects
Budget for „social infrastructure“ is comparatively small.
(Child care institutions etc.)  there is substantial lack (esp. <
3years) Maternity leaves are not attractive for men. (70%
(Arbeiterkammer 2006, S. 10)
income loss, women 56%)

56. A

57. Report of the workshops in Austria (I)
Girls as target group of mentoring programs are difficult to
acquire ( e.g. in youth organisations, support programs)
Most relevant problem area/s of girls and young women:
• Self esteem, self worth, self confidence
• Eating disorders / mental problems with beauty ideals
• Sexuality / sexual demands, sexual self confidence
• career choices according to traditional role models:
hairdresser, shop assistant or secretary
Technical careers are still uncommon
Girls and young women – no networks

58. Report of the workshops in Austria (II)
Persistent Gender Stereotypes – carreer choice, income,
work-life-balance, traditional and catholic values
Problem of gender awareness
in education of all levels (teaching staff, learning
resources)
„Glass Ceiling“ is reached at approx. Age of 30
until then it‘s rather unreal, but then there is big
frustration
Positive Discrimination to bring women in „men‘s
domains“ is rather ambivalent (sometimes felt as deficit)
Integrated Approach – including famlies, peers,
companies

59. Italy

60. Mentoring in Austria
Mentoring is done on many different levels from
small autonomous self-help groups
over training courses (e.g. by employment agencies)
to career planning/support in public sector (e.g. universities)
and private sector (industry / big companies).
Main areas
Mentoring in Education
Job Mentoring
Special Target Group Mentoring
Company Mentoring
Special Mentoring

61. Germany

62. Mentoring in Education
Students  Mentors from economy, universities
Career perspectives for “High potentials”
Networking of mentees and mentors
General as well as especially for women
Examples:
Bildungsmentoring.at (supp. By fed. govmt.)
akademikerBILDUNG steiermark
Scientists Mentoring University Vienna
Erfolgsakademie

63. B_Plovdiv

64. Job Mentoring
Coaching & mentoring for job search
Often for women / persons with disadvantages
Unemployed women, business returners, women with little
qualifications
Mentoring as resource for job search
Self employment as additional opportunity
Strong support for founders from different public sides
Examples:
Girls’ Day, Jobs4Girls.at
Jobmentoring WAFF
UGP (AMS/OESB)

65. B_Plovdiv

66. Special Target Group Mentoring
Special target groups within women
Mentoring for (female) migrants
Mentoring for special business areas (e.g. technical jobs, IT, health
sector, …)
Special Mentoring for Youth
Special Mentoring for young mothers
Regional Mentoring
(Styria, Salzburg, Carinthia, Tyrol, …)

67. Estonia

68. Company Mentoring
“Trainee Programs”
“H.R.” Development Tool
Identification and support of “high potentials”
Mostly for employees
Some offers for students
Examples:
Siemens, IBM, BA-CA

69. Portugal

70. “Special Mentoring”
Main function networking of women with women
Goal: Personal Development & career development
Development of “high potential” connections
Mainly by / for women in higher position
Counterpart of “old boys networks”
Examples:
Mentoring Steiermark
“Frauenpower”
Club Alpha

71. Rumania

72. Thank you for your attention !

73. Sources:
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