Conference Women and Economy

Czech Women's Lobby and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung invite you to the conference Women and Economy organized under the auspices of Vladimír Špidla. The conference will be held on March 17, 2011 from 9.30 AM to 5.00 PM in Academic Conference Centre (Husova 4a, Prague 1).

In the first part the policies of care will be discussed. The keynote speech will be held by Barbara Stiegler, followed by discussion with Lenka Formánková, Alexandra Jachanová Doleželová, Radka Dudová and Eliška Kodyšová. The second part will scrutinize gender aspects of financial crisis - with keynote speech by Christa Wichterich and Ilona Švihlíková, Lida Sokačová, Zuzana Uhde and Dalibor Holý participating in the discussion.

Then two specialized publications will be introduced – Slovak book Rodové dôsledky krízy. Aspekty vybraných prípadov and Czech publication Krize jako nový začátek, nebo promarněná šance: Genderové aspekty finanční krize.

At the end the concluding session and final discussion will take place. For more detailed information to the conference see the invitation.

Working languages are Czech and English. RSVP till March 10, 2011 to sprincova(@)padesatprocent.cz.