Alzira
Located in the Valencia province in Eastern Spain, Alzira is a municipality of 43 038 inhabitants. During the 20th century, Alzira changed from an agricultural based economy to a diversified industry-orientated city with an important commercial infrastructure and associated services.The local unemployment rate is of 9%, and the number of unemployed women is twice as high as that of men. More specifically, it’s the category of women above 45, wishing to work after they raised their children, and often without the necessary training, which is the most affected by unemployment. Much is to be done, therefore, towards a better conciliation of work and family life and to provide training to women wanting to return to employment after a long interruption due to family care.
Alzira is dedicated to mainstream gender equality within its Local Employment Development plan (LED).
The main challenge identified for Alzira was to increasethe knowledge base on which to develop business management and better employment prospects. It was felt that increasing the motivation of women and improving their skills of business management could overcome the fear often caused by the lack of knowledge related to the managerial world. Increasing the access of women to technologies was seen as a priority insofar as it could improve both the increase of employment for women and the quality of the employment and help reconcile labour and family life. Specific suggestions as to how this might be assisted by WEED included exploring with partners: -
- Programmes that practise conciliation of the labour and family life.
- Actions to increase the telework (Working from home) in women.
- Programs to increase the presence of women in the management of companies.
- Areas of training in private companies and what policies exist in other countries of the EU
- Alternative ways of getting women into the labour market. (Policies and Practices)
- Programs of getting women into all levels of the society.
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