1 / 9

BRYT Island – Brjótum múrana

BRYT Island – Brjótum múrana. Valgerður H. Bjarnadóttir Former project manager. BRYT Island 1985 - 89. The situation in Island was different Gender equality projects a new thought Little/no unemployment

giles
Download Presentation

BRYT Island – Brjótum múrana

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. BRYT Island – Brjótum múrana Valgerður H. Bjarnadóttir Former project manager

  2. BRYT Island 1985 - 89 • The situation in Island was different • Gender equality projects a new thought • Little/no unemployment • Another discourse – The Women’s Alliance – women taking active part on their own premises • Akureyri – a small town in Northern Island • 15000 inhabitants • Women’s/feminist politics since 1982 • Industry and schools

  3. BRYT – the manager - 1985-89 • The project managers’ background and future visions affected the choice of projects • Social worker – educated in Norway • Politician – feminist politics • Born and raised in the town • Single mom • Intrested in the female – male (im)balance expressed in myths, history and dreams.... 

  4. BRYT projects 1985-89 • Girls’ choice of education • Life long learning - women who wanted to change their fate • Women entrepreneurs • Women in leading positions in “big” firms • Sexual harassment • Equality consultants

  5. Outcome • New knowledge – old “myths” challenged • New ideas – put into action in the coming years.... But change takes time... And sometimes the ones to realize the dreams don’t even know where they come from • Womens’ learning centre • Equality consultants • Women entrepreneurs - Auður – Brautargengi • Gender segregation in the University

  6. Gender Segregation - University 2002

  7. Gender in high schools/collage

  8. Gender and occupation

  9. What now? • Women are 1% of the top leaders in Island • Women’s part in politics is insecure (Faeroes, Sápmi, Island) • Women are “dominating” in almost all fields of Universtity education • Women are 10% of professors • Men on paternity leave “empty” the funds • Patterns are changing, but POWER seems to linger on the male side....

More Related