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Milena Workshop 2001
Milena Workshop 2001
Milena Workshop 2001
City Hall
Primatial Palace
Primaciálny nám. 2
814 99 Bratislava
IT-GAP
The role of women in a virtual society –
the case of the Czech and the Slovak Republic and
Hungary
Organisers
Women’s Office of the City of
Vienna
Europaforum Wien
Background and Orientation
The Milena workshop provides a forum to jointly discuss and analyse the findings
and conclusions of the conference for the Milena region. Another integral part of
the workshop will be the discussion of the specific background and
conditions/reasons for the lack in sensitisation for IT-gender issues, as well as the
lack of consciousness concerning new challenges and possibilities for women
brought about by the spreading of new technologies.
City of Bratislava
Research Institute for Labor, Social Affairs and Family
Coordinating Committee for Women´s Issues of the Slovak Ministry of Social
Affairs and Family
Association of Slovak Regions
Representative
of co-operation partners in the Slovak Republic
11.00 Session 1
Women in male-dominated professions in Hungary
Katalin Koncz
Head of Women Studies Centre
Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary
Discussion
11.45 Session 2
Strategies for the informatisation of the Slovak society
Darina Mrvova
Head of Informatisation Department
Slovak Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic
Discussion
14.15 Session 3
Women´s Development and Possibilities in a Virtual World
Magdalena Třebická
Commercial Executive
ECC - European Consulting Company, s.r.o., Czech Republic
Katalin Koncz
Director of the Women´s Studies Centre
Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary
Ms. Katalin Koncz is engaged in cross-cultural analyses and comparison. In her
teaching profession at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences Ms. Koncz
works with students on issues like “Women in the Labour Market”, “Women in
Hierarchy” and “Communication skills for women”. She has worked out special
“train-the-trainer programs” for women managers, entrepreneurs and gypsy
women as well as a assertive behaviour program for women.
In her speech, Ms. Koncz will focus on the situation of women in male dominated
professions in Hungary with a special view to telework, engineering and
informatics. The issues will be addressed from the angle of the labour market and
the educational systems.
Darina Mrvová
Head of the Department for Informatisation of the Slovak society
Slovak Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic
As a programmer, Ms. Mrvova has experienced herself what “being a women in
the male dominated informatics sector” means. For 15 years, she has been
working in the Slovak Ministry of Education in the field of information
technologies. Currently, Ms. Mrvova is working on the elaboration and realisation
of strategies for the informatisation of the Slovak society.
Her presentation will focus on these strategies and measures of the Slovak
government towards the information society in the Slovak Republic.
Třebická Magdalena
Commercial executive
European Consulting Company (ECC), s.r.o., Czech Republic
The European Consulting Company is concerned with the implementation and
distribution of information technologies and the consulting in these processes.
Over the last few years, the focus was drawn especially towards the support for
the implementation of internet technologies, e-business and webdesign. ECC is
additionally consigned to introduce the European Computer Driving Licence
Project in the Czech Republic.
Ms. Třebická will look at the changing demands and possibilities that women meet
in the new virtual reality, especially concerning their personality, their
entrepreneurship and the development of their gender specific skills.
English
Assistance in Czech, German, Hungarian and Slovak can be provided
Due to limited number of participants may we ask you to return your
registration to Europaforum Wien by e-mail (bethmann@europaforum.or.at) or
fax (+43 1 585 85 10-30)
by November 14, 2001.
Surname Title
Organisation Telefax
For accommodation (at your own expense / prices are reasonable) in the Old
Town Palace you can contact the Centre for further education of the Economic
University of Bratislava,
Mrs. Adamyova: tel.+ fax: 421 2 544 14 308.