European Trade Union Committee for Education

At the 1.5-day training workshop that took place on 25-26 February 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania, more than 30 participants, representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Serbia, had the opportunity to exchange with fellow trade unionists on pertinent matters of gender equality such as horizontal and vertical segregation in the education sector, work-life balance challenges, gender pay and pension gaps in the teaching profession and gender-based violence in the workplace through a mixture of panel discussions, presentations, working groups and practical exercises. Participants provided examples of actions undertaken within their respective unions to address gender inequality using social dialogue instruments, such as establishing a gender equality department within trade unions, organising training courses and campaigns, presenting legislative proposals and negotiating the collective agreements that include provisions on gender equality in the education sector. Virginija Langbakk, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), enlightened participants on the wide range of studies that EIGE conducts on topics such as teachers’ knowledge of gender equality, female participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), lifelong learning and teacher training.

Report- Background document– Presentations ( General Presentation- Background Research- LIZDA- EEPU- SEB- FSLI- SKOiW Solidarnosc- SNES-FSU- UNIVERSITAS) - Pictures