x   ‘Women in Power’ involves seven organizations from Spain, Romania, Lithuania, United Kingdom and Malta aiming to promote professional leadership and the empowerment of women working in traditional sectors.   More information

What skills do women need to achieve corporate positions?   Download the report on executive management goal achievement for bussineswomen in traditional sectors   The first goal for the project is to provide a complete analysis on how the underrepresentation of women in boards and other executive roles within the traditional sectors (furniture, textile and footwear) of European economy can be solved by promoting women leadership and participation in the decision-making process with the appropriate educational tools.   Download here

THIRD CONSORTIUM MEETING     JKC held the third consortium meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania, last May.   More information

PRESENTATION AT UN WOMEN EVENT     UN Women and the International Labor Organization held an event within their WE EMPOWER program.   More information

INNOVATIVE TRAINING PATH   ‘Women in Power’ training will support women to acquire news competences, but also to reflect on their current skillfulness by making them aware of the multitude of skills that they have gained already in their chosen sector and through life experiences. It will aim to improve their confidence, self-belief, and motivation and therefore make managerial and executive roles more accessible to them.   GENDER AND FEMINISM The reality in figures. Brief history of Feminism. Basic concepts of equality. Gender and diversities. Women in the labour market. Female leadership in the company. GENDER POLICIES AT THE WORKPLACE Global and European gender policies. Gender Mainstreaming. CSR and good business practices. Reconciliation and co-responsibility. Professional barriers. Female empowerment at the work place.   MOTIVATION AND GOAL SETTING Exploration of barriers and overcoming barriers. The puzzle of motivation. Personal development- motivate yourself. Motivation- intrinsic and extrinsic. Breaking bad habits and making new habits. Goal Setting and SMART goals. Positivity and staying motivated. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND NLP Overcoming barriers. Understanding paradigms and production of meaning. Different Learning Styles. Action Planning Reflection & learning. Exploring positivity and positive female role models.   EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Cross-cultural communication. Conflict management. Negotiation. Business and organizational communication. Changing role of communication technology in the work place. MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Basic management notions. Human resources management. Leadership. Women's contributions to management. Time management. Risk management. Management tools.   CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Personal career research. Factors affecting the choice and content of the work. The role of the work place in human resource development. Effective work competences. Multidimensional career barriers to work satisfaction.

RTXC ATTENDS THE EUROPEAN CLUSTER CONFERENCE IN BUCHAREST   'Women in Power'Dissemination Activities   RTxC was present with our project in events like the European Cluster Conference in Bucharest (where a woman was elected cluster manager of the year!), in various seminars on the qualification and occupation of the work force, or even in the Holde Expo – China UE exhibition, where RTxC had a special booth dedicated to promoting the project.

CAMPUS IBERUS PRESENTS THE PROJECT TO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN COLOMBIA   'Women in Power' Dissemination Activities   The Campus of International Excellence of the Ebro Valley ‘Campus Iberus’ has participated in the fair ‘Study in Spain’, which took place at the Colegio Reyes Católicos in Bogota on September 14th, organized by the Embassy of Spain in Colombia together with SEPIE (Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education).

INOVA HOSTS A NETWORKING BREAKFAST IN SHEFFIELD   'Women in Power' Dissemination Activities   On September 6th, Inova had a networking breakfast in Sheffield to connect with local organizations and where the project ‘Women in Power’ was introduced. The event had an attendance of 4 organizations and 6 representatives, all of them involved in the advancement of local communities of women, migrant women, volunteers and adult training.

AMUEBLA PROMOTES FEMALE PROFESSIONAL EMPOWERMENT IN ESLOVENIA MEETING   'Women in Power' Dissemination Activities   AMUEBLA attended the international meeting for the Interreg project INNO Industry, whose consortium is formed by partners from 10 European countries with the goal to share best practices related with cluster activities.

JKC HOSTS TWO DISSEMINATION EVENTS IN LITHUANIA   'Women in Power' Dissemination Activities   A project presentation event was organized in Kauna’s Probation Office for job counselors. Participants were offered a new educational product and had the possibility of choice to enhance their emergent skills. JKC also presented the project to international partners from Iceland, Finland and Norway.

WDM HOSTS EVENT ‘EQUALITY IS NOT A WOMEN’ ISSUE ALONE, BUT A MEN’S ISSUE TOO’   'Women in Power'Dissemination Activities   On 26 June 2019, Women Directors’ Malta held a business breakfast at Skyparks with a panel of speakers to discuss the following title ‘Equality is not a women’ issue alone, but a men’s issue too’. During the event WDM, as partners also disseminated information about the EU project “Women in Power”. They explained what the project was about and how it would be offering an online course to empower women to reach higher echelons at their work environment.

RELATED NEWS   What is the business world doing for women's rights and gender equality?     WOMEN SCORE HIGHER THAN MEN IN MOST LEADERSHIP SKILLS   WOMEN IN DECISION-MAKING: WHY IT MATTERS   DIVERSITY OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS DIFFERS WIDELY ACROSS EUROPE

EIGE PRESENTS A GENDER IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT   Equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of European Union (EU) law that applies to all aspects of social life. The EU has adopted a two-pronged approach to gender equality, combining specific measures with gender mainstreaming.   GENDER EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN INNOVATION   In ‘Gender equality, diversity and inclusion: Roundtable’ summary report, The Institute fo Competitiveness and Prosperity presents the challenges of incorporating gender equality, diversity, and inclusion into clusters, as well as a number of recommendations.   PROGRESS SLOWS ON BOARDROOM GENDER DIVERSITY   Women will not fill 30% of board seats until 2029, two years later than first predicted, according to research. Global progress in boosting gender diversity at the highest level has been slower than expected despite the issue benefiting from various initiatives by business leaders and policymakers.

GET TO KNOW THE CONSORTIUM   Seven organizations from five European countries     'Women in Power' has brought together a consortium specialized in sectoral and gender based projects that will contribute to spark the debate on women and leadership in traditional industries, as well as the need to educate women towards professional empowerment.

WHAT DOES THE EU GENDER EQUALITY INDEX SAY ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY?   The European’s Institute for Gender Equality’s Index country factsheets give an in-depth analysis of how each country in the EU is doing in gender equality. You can see how your country has progressed over time and learn about the greatest improvements and challenges in each of the six domains: health, power, money, work, knowledge and time.

About us   ‘Women in Power’ has been funded with support from the European Comisionan (2017-1-ES01-KA202-038258).  The views expressed in this newsletter are those of the author only, the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.   Get in contact   Website: www.womeninpower.eu

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