… Rundfunk (ORF), investigated the position of women in its organisation and found a widespread gender imbalance. While women make up 42% of its workforce, they are concentrated in … and 22% of central heads of department. There are no women at all on the executive board. Conversely, they make up …
… has carried out two questionnaire surveys of its women members, to find out their experiences and problems at work. Forty per cent of the union’s 30,000 members are women, and research repeatedly shows that women get a bad deal in Britain’s media. Though women media …
… In brief To redress women’s poor representation and career prospects in the … film and TV industry, the membership association WFTV (Women in Film & Television UK) runs a mid-career mentoring scheme for an annual cohort of 20 women. It is targeted at women with at least five years of …
… In 1997 it launched its online Expert Database to improve women’s visibility in the media and their access to … media organisations. The database now lists nearly 1,200 women from all areas of society. They include scientists and researchers, business women and managers, politicians, journalists and figures from …
… In brief The Journalistinnenbund, an association for women journalists in Germany with around 500 members, exists to support women journalists and improve their career opportunities and … so far run through seven cycles and mentored more than 70 women. The programme is targeted at younger women, although …
… Télévisions employs some 11,000 staff, of whom 43% are women. They are over-represented in areas like human … there has been a noticeable increase in the number of women appearing in expert roles in some programmes. In order … for cinema. It employs some 11,000 staff, of whom 43% are women. Women are over-represented in certain jobs (i.e. human …
… In brief CELEM, the Spanish coordinator of the European Women’s Lobby, wanted to find a way to ensure that the … were that were likely to be sympathetic to the cause of women’s equality. It established a database of these names, … The existence of the database has raised the profile of women’s issues in the press, especially on the front pages …
… Although Romanian civil society is sensitive to women’s issues, this is not reflected in the way media … appoint staff nor in their editorial policies. Few women rise to top jobs in the media, and media organisations pay little attention to gender. In fact women play a subordinate role in public life generally, and …
… journalists working in Belgium, surveyed the position of women in the French-language media in Belgium. This study … that only 28% of people interviewed in the media were women, and that only 26% of newspaper articles and 29% of … campaigns in the future, to amplify its impact. One women in two is not seen or heard Belgium's French-speaking …
… agreement undertaking to strive to increase the number of women experts appearing in their programmes and articles. The … had been prepared by the Commission on the Image of Women in the Media, which was set up by the secretary of … over time. These include initiatives to recruit more women, in-house monitoring, working groups, …
… – meaning that half of the experts interviewed should be women. It has been able to do this at no great financial … of the production staff. First of all, there are fewer women in highly visible occupations such as politics, so … staff have to go out actively to find them. Secondly, women are habitually less confident about airing their …
… brief Going for Growth provides structured peer support to women entrepreneurs who are serious about growing their … round tables and a national forum at midpoint. Over 350 women entrepreneurs have taken part, at a cost of some €2,000 … and increased numbers of first-time exporters. Targeting women who are serious about growth The Going for Growth …
… In brief The Dobbantó – Women entrepreneurs’ competence development programme is an intensive course for women intending to start a business or already running one. … – training, advice, peer support and networking – to help women start their own businesses. It lasts for 90 hours …
… is an entrepreneurship training programme for academic women in Finland who are planning to set up their own … are university students. It has been run since 2011 by the Women’s Enterprise Agency (Naisyrittäjyyskeskus), one of the … countryside. It takes place at weekends, when working women are available. The learning methods it uses are based …
… was part of the wider European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs, supported by the Enterprise DG of the … recognise and support the distinctive nature of women’s business start-ups and ensure that newly-established women entrepreneurs could sustain their activity. It offered …
… the National Rural Network, the project aimed to stimulate women’s entrepreneurship and increase their use of … an ‘employability agent’ in each area, who could support women entrepreneurs. It also ran 11 online training courses which attracted 833 women, and held seminars on how to set up co-operatives. The …
… in 2006 in Berlin in order to strengthen networking among women who want to set up their own businesses, women entrepreneurs and business experts. … has built up a very good reputation. More than 10,000 women have made contact, 3,700 have attended meetings, and …
… (€15m) fund which makes equity investments to help strong women’s businesses grow. It works on a co-investment basis in … expertise on finance measures to support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. … fund’s objective is to increase the number of successful women-led businesses in the UK, ensuring that those with real …