Migrant Women in the Czech Republic – Are They a Burden or an Asset?
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?
The session will start with an analysis of the current
situation of migrant women in the Czech Republic,
based upon a research made by the ECG in collaboration
with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Prague. The analysis
will be presented by Hana Víznerová & Andrea Krchová.
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.
For booking please send an email to sabe.soe@ecgnet.cz
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