EU + Women - Invitation

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Invitation

A Central European Women's Group of Academic Scholars kindly invites you to its
next workshop about:


The Impact of the European Union on the Political Role of Women in Accession
countries



Place: Budapest University of Economic Sciences and PublicAdministration, 8
Fovám tér Room 2001

Time: April 23 (Friday) from 3 to 7 pm


The workshop aims at developing the understanding of gender roles in the new
Europe and also serving as a forum to put forward new initiatives and practical
suggestions about how to increase women's participation and their impact on
political decision-making.





Contact: gabriella.ilonszki at bkae.hu, local organizer

The workshop has been supported by the Soros Foundation East-East inititiative

Programme of the workshop


23 April 2004
Room 2001, BUESPA, 8 Fovám tér

3 pm
Welcome of participants
Background information and former results of the group (Gabriella Ilonszki)

3.30
Danica Fink-Hafner University of Ljubljana, Slovenia: European Elections in
Slovenia 2004- experimenting with instituional engineering in favour of more
gender-balanced representation


4.00
Karen Ross University of Coventry, UK (Guest Speaker) : Media and Women
Politicians - experiences about the EU elections

Discussion

4.30 coffe break

5 pm
Zdenka Mansfeldova and Petra Rakusanova Institute of Sociology Prague, the
Czech Republic: Female in Politics and Female Interest Representation


5.30
Darina Malova Comenius University,  Bratislava, Slovakia: Explaining the Level of
Women's Representation in Parliament

6.00
Aurelia Novevelskaite Insitute for Social Research Vilnius, Lithuania: Gendered
political roles in Lithuania

Discussion: How to increase political opportunities and thus policy opportunities in
a non female friendly environment?