Migrant Women Among Women – In the Shadow of Covid-19 Pandemic
Program:
Doba implementace:
01. 01. 2021 - 31. 12. 2021
Místo implementace:
Czechia
Financuje:
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
The project focuses on migrant women and women with migration experience in the Czech Republic, whose position is unequal compared to women and men from the major society and male migrants. In addition, these inequalities have been exacerbated in recent years due to the covid-19, both from a gender perspective and with related changes in the state’s migration policy. Thus the project directly responds to the negative impacts of the pandemic related to key areas in the lives of migrant women, whether it concerns issues of residence status (including the right for family reunification), the increased risk of women being exposed to various forms of violence, especially domestic violence, inequality on the labor market, as a result of which these women are at real risk of poverty, i.e. in particular the precariousness of working conditions in sectors where they are abundantly represented, often in the so-called first line (care, healthcare), as well as the deterioration of the possibilities of reconciling family and work life. Through networking, advocacy, educational and consulting activities, this project aims to contribute to straightening out and making visible the specific position of this group of disadvantaged women, especially in the context of the covid-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic and its negative impacts on gender equality in general. During the implementation of the project, special attention will be paid to the areas mentioned above, in which the negative impacts of the pandemic are most pronounced in terms of gender equality, and at the same time they also significantly affect migrant women. These areas are affected by a number of white spots in practice, and the specific situation of migrant women is still not sufficiently reflected in there. At the same time, however, the mentioned areas help the successful integration of these women into Czech society. The guiding elements of this project are the promotion and enforcement of the topic of gender in migration, as well as gender-sensitive migration and integration policies of the Czech Republic, and further facilitating the realization of the rights to equal opportunities of individual women with migration experience.