Gender, democracy, mobility and labour

Gender, democracy, mobility and labour

Gender, democracy, mobility and labour market
in transnational perspectives
Friday, 16th December
Hall of the Academic Senate, AR-UB 032
09:30-09:45 Welcome by the Coordinator and Authorities
09:45-11:15 Section I: Historical Perspectives
Chair: Raphaela Averkorn (Siegen)
Jutta Schwarzkopf (Bielefeld): An uncommon degree of gender equality: Lancashire cotton weavers at work, in the home, and in the street
Elif Hatun Kiliçbeyli (Adana): “Gender Mobility”: A case of Jewish Woman from Thessaloniki to Turkey (1880-1910)
11:15-11:30 Coffee break
11.30-13:00 Section II: European examples
Chair: Lars M. Andersson (Uppsala)
Virginia Ferreira (Coimbra): Gendering social and employment policies in Portugal
Sabine Hering (Siegen): Being at home in Europe? - Mobility in the EU is not compatible with a satisfying family life
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:00 Section III: Aspects of migration
Chair: Lars M. Andersson (Uppsala)
Claudia Kraft (Siegen): Labour Migration of Polish Women in an Enlarged Europe. Women in the 21st century
Özlem Kaptan (Siegen): Vulnerable “Gelins” and Transnational “Damats”: Marriage Migration from Turkey to Germany
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-18:00 Group work and discussions with speakers
18:00-18:30 Plenary discussion
Saturday, 17th December
Hall of the Academic Senate, AR-UB 032
09:30-11:00 Section IV: Examples from Asia and North Africa, part I
Chair: Jutta Schwarzkopf (Bielefeld)
Andrej Götze (Baku): Gender perspectives concerning the labour market and labour practices in the Azerbaijan Republic
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili (Tbilisi): Women in Georgia
11:00-11:15 Coffee bREAK
11:15-12:45SECTION IV: Examples from Asia and North Africa, part II
Ola M. El Khawaga (Cairo): The Arab Spring and the role of
women
Marta Quintussi (Köln): The impact of Microfinance on women‘s livelihood in India
12:45-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-16:00 Group work and discussions with speakers
16:00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:00 Wrap-Up Session, Plenary Discussion
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Raphaela Averkorn
Chair of Medieval and Modern History; Jean Monnet Chair „ad personam“
Vice Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
University of Siegen
University of Siegen, 16th and 17th December 2011 Campus Adolf-Reichwein-Straße
Hall of the Academic Senate, AR-UB 032
Contact and registration: internationales@phil.uni-siegen.de