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Contents
of this page:
News,
Background, Purpose, Methodology,
Expected Impact
Highlights
Background
Establishing
gender equality is one of UNI's objectives. To support and advance the
interests of women workers, UNI has promoted a better integration of women
into trade union structures and activities.
Also, to strengthen unions, organising more women is of major importance.
UNI advocates for gender conscious unions to make them more attractive and
relevant for women. Raising gender awareness in our own trade union ranks
is therefore the first step to bring about changes.
Purpose
The
overall objectives of the Global Equality Project (GEP) are to contribute
in the process of creating strong and large networks of women unionists
taking and active part in the trade union movement at national,
sub-regional and regional levels. Through education and training these
women will be able to organise more women into trade unions and have a
stronger voice in them as well as to promote women's rights in the
struggle for gender equality and equity at all levels in the union
movement and in society at large.
With the GEP, UNI intends to contribute to equipping more women in
UNI-Africa, UNI-Americas and UNI-Asia & Pacific with the necessary
knowledge and skills to play these roles.
The GEP further aims at sensitising and committing union to prioritise
gender and equity issues and to work for equality.
Methodology
The
education and training methods and techniques used in the GEP workshops
are based on principles of active learning, which involves group work,
case studies, discussions, role-plays, practical exercises and
presentations by participants that reinforce learning.
Women union activists and leaders who took part in previous GEP seminars
are invited to come and share their experience, thus serving as role
models and motivating participants to follow their examples.
As a preparation, before the workshops, participants are requested, to
write brief reports on political, economic and social problems faces by
workers and trade unions in their countries as well as on a specific issue
that will be discussed in the workshop.
Expected
Impact
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Self-confidence
and competence of participants are enhanced.
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Increased
knowledge about trade unionism and gender equality and equity.
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Participants
are motivated/encouraged to transmit their knowledge to women
colleagues so as to incite them to work for the improvement of the
rights and conditions of women in solidarity.
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Women's
networks get extended and strengthened.
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More
women get organised and unionised.
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Unions
get strengthened and their gender awareness increases.
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Pool
of trainers and women trade union leaders has increased.
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Affiliates
review and improve collective agreements regarding issues of particular
concern to women and their families.
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