FEMIN-ICT is a collaboration between 7 organizations from Greece, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Stockholm, Spain and Sweden, which aimed to address the underrepresentation and difficulty of advancement of women in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector, encouraging more women to enter the industry, giving them the tools they need to succeed, and promoting their equal participation, representation and treatment within the ecosystem.
Working parents are struggling in their everyday effort to efficiently reconcile their professional/educational and private/family lives. Especially professionals, entrepreneurs and students in the ICT sector have to deal with demanding jobs in terms of schedules, deadlines, working hours. They may work remotely, in the office or on a hybrid mode, nevertheless they usually need to accomplish a lot of tasks, often under tight deadlines, communicate with many different colleagues, providers, clients and other stakeholders on a regular basis and often do independent work that requires concentration and full attention to detail.
One of many surveys that refer to the challenges and complexity especially for working parents, published in the International Journal of Human Resources Studies, indicated five main areas of concern: work-life conflict, stereotyping, exhaustion, changing work schedule, and career growth opportunities. In the wake of COVID-19, conditions for working, studying and entrepreneurial parents have become even more complicated.
This toolkit is designed to help companies, organizations, incubators and academic institutions address this complex and multilayered issue by providing practical ideas and solutions.
Through this methodological tool we aim to empower each and every tech-related ecosystem to begin their journey towards creating more gender-responsive policies, practices and operations to support a more and more equitable ICT field in the process.
Το FEMIN-ICT χρηματοδοτήθηκε από το πρόγραμμα Erasmus+ της Ε.Ε. και υλοποιήθηκε από τους οργανισμούς Impact Hub Stockholm, Stimmuli for social change, The Square Dot Team, Women On Top, Associazione Co-cò Italy, Instituto Ikigai, CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD
