based on a questionnaire disseminated within the ITUC-PERC

Women’s Network

Agnieszka Ghinararu

to see what is the general situation of the TU women’s structures and in which forms they are organized

to use the outcomes during the 13th Women’s School

26 collected questionnaires out of 30 organizations present during the School

Albania: BSPSH, KSSH Bulgaria: CITUB,

Podkrepa Czech Rep.: CMKOS Croatia: NHS Estonia: EAKL Georgia: GTUC Hungary: LIGA,

MSZOSZ Kazakhstan: FTURK Kyrgyzstan: FTUK Latvia: LBAS

Lithuania: LDF, LPSK, Solidarumas

Macedonia: KSS, UNASM

Moldova: CNSM Montenegro: CTUM Poland: Solidarnosc Romania: BNS, Cartel-

Alfa Russia: FNPR Serbia: Nezavisnost Ukraine: FPU

a. women’s network – 6 / 26

b. women’s committee-national level – 8 / 26

c. equality committee-national level – 6 /26

d. other form of organization: 6 /26 LPSK Women’s Center Solidarnosc: structure based on individual

membership with regional internal composition FPU Council’s standing commission BNS, CITUB and Podkrepa have both: Network and

National WC

Legal personality which allows women's structure to act on your own

for example: ability to submit project proposals to different donors, cooperate with different

institutions, etc.

YES- 10 /26

Women’s structure is mentioned in a statute of confederation in

20 cases out of 26

21/26 women’s structures have reserved seats in decisions making bodies

in majority of cases (13 ) it is 1 seat in 1(or two) decision making body

the other varies from 2 up to 27!? In 21 cases they have full voting rights; 2 – advisory position

Other means of influencing the decision making bodies of confederations:

submitting proposals of decisions and statements (8 answers)

lobbing among the delegates and other leaders (5 answers)

confederation’s website - 24 e-mail - 23 own website - 8 regular bulletin of our structure - 4 other:- - mass media; - - Facebook (!) of the Women Committee of GTUC; - - own newsletter, and newsletter of the MSZOSZ;

- mailing list; - - Newspaper “Solidarumas”;- - Meetings of the Committee and decision making

bodies/ web site of the Confederation will be active soon/;

- - various events (round tables, seminars).

Women’s structures’ activities are financed by their confederations in 17/26 cases

11 cases - regular, annual budget 9 cases - ad hoc financial support

Other financial sources were listed as well: - applying to different foundations; - projects (5 answers) - ESF (2 answers) - F. Ebert Foundation (2 answers) - funding from branches - membership fees; - ILO - partnerships with NGOs - donor organizations (2 answers)

Educational activities Campaigns Cooperation with NGOs, institutions, etc. Successful lobbying governmental

bodies to influence (amend/adopt new) law

8 March activities and other celebrations Projects

Lack of (or not sufficient) funds

Lack of human resources

Not many (young) active women and passiveness of those in women's structures – do we know why?

Lack of understanding that women’s issues are trade union issues

Not enough educational activities for women

Small number of women in decision making bodies

Crisis