The XIIth BPW European
congress
Project idea:
Women for president
Submitted by: ADA BAGNATO
PR. COMMITTEE.
Stockholm city Conference Centre, Norra Latin
June, 9-11, 2006
GENERAL AIMS
To understand the reason why there
are so few women in top positions
in the political, social and economic
fields.
Specific aims
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To collect useful information to undertstand why so few
women are found in top positions.
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To collect personal experiences from members of BPW.
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To identify why top women were prepared to make difficult
sacrifices in their careers.
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To put this information on the Internet so that it is available
to all.
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To comunicate the results of the project in order to
contribute to the creation of a female culture of Leadership.
Steps of the project
1.
The preparation of a questionnaire which will be sent to all
Affilates. The questionnaire will attempt to discover the biggest
obstacles women have encountered in their careers and on their
way to top positions.
2.
The anaIysis of the results.
3.
The pubblication of the results on the BPW website.
4.
The setting up of a permanent FORUM ON-LINE.
5.
The pubblication of the results.
Step 1: The collection of information
Each Federation that agrees to
participate in the project must:
 provide official statistics regarding the
number of working women;
 provide studies and projects carried
out on the theme of Leadership;
 collect the rules and regulations
regarding equal opportunities.
In Italy…..
In Italy……
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Statistics
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References
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legislation
Statistics
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In work…
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42,7 % of women have jobs (2003)
17,3 % of working women work part-time as
opposed to 3,2% of working men
In jobs requiring flexibility (holidays, unusual
time-table, etc) the number of working women
increases by 56 %
There are more women than men with white
collar jobs (45 % as opposed to 24,9 %) but
fewer with blue collar jobs (27,4 % as opposed
to 36,7%)
In Politics…
 7,81 % of the Senate are women. 12 % of the
Chamber deputies are women
Source: ISTAT 2003
References
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Projects
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Pari
opportunità
e
servizi
per
l’impiego
PON misura II.1.A attività di consulenza e informazione e
azioni di scambio in materia di pari opportunità
Progetto Equal…
Papers
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Rivista “il raggio”
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…….
References
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L. 23/1948: diritto di voto alle donne
L. 66/1963: ammissione delle donne ai pubblici uffici
L. 903/1977: pari opportunità tra lavoratori e
lavoratrici
L.70/1980: istituzione della consulta femminile
regionale
L. 125/1991 e L. 215/1992: incentivi per la
imprenditorialità femminile
L. 43/1995: legge elettorale (“quote rosa”)
L. n.25/1999:
D. Lgs. 114/2003*: commissioni pari opportunità
L.90/2004: legge elettorale per le europee
*sostituisce la L. 164/1990
Step 2: The questionnarie
Doing a survey aiming at identify how the BPW associates
feels the problem of the leadership at work
The questionnaire will be divided in three parts:
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general information
evaluative information
proposals for improvement
Step 3: Sharing experiences
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The results will be published on a
website were a forum on line will be
activated.
Workshops will be organize to
discuss the theme at a local level