Migrant Women in the Czech Republic – Are They a Burden or an Asset?

03. 04. 2009
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[aktuality/czl.jpg]The Czech Women’s Lobby invites you to a round table on:
"Migrant Women in the Czech Republic – Are They a Burden or an Asset?"
The round table is organised by the European Contact Group in frame of the project Promoting Gender Equality in the Period of the Czech EU Presidency.


What does the Czech Republic offer to migrant women and what do they offer to the Czech Republic?
What is their asset?
Is it an important target group for the Czech politicians?
Do migrant women face multiple discrimination?
Will the antidiscrimination law help to solve the worst cases of discrimination?
 

Guest speakers:

  • Zdeněk Škromach, chair of the Social Affaires Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
  • Jan Litomiský, Government Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Djamila Stehlíková, former Minister of Human Rights and Minorities
  • Beatrice Achaleke, director of AFRA – International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives
  • Sabe Amthor Soe, co-founder of the Burma Center Prague
  • Michal Komárek, journalist, Respekt


Moderator: Goranka Oljača, Czech Radio 6

Date & Place:
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009, 10.00 – 12.00
Conference room, Evropský dům, Jungmannova 24, Prague 1

Czech/English interpretation will be provided.

Babysitting will be available in the course of the whole event.

For booking please send an email to sabe.soe@ecgnet.cz

Czech women's lobby is financially supported by OSF Prague and Slovak-Czech Women's Fund. This round table is organised in cooperation with the European Women’s Lobby.
 

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