Transcript Latvian women in higher education and science

Latvia women in
EU –
before and after
Full member of the Latvia
Academy of Sciences
Baiba Rivza
Helsinki, 27 October, 2004
Address:
Council of Higher Education of Latvia
Meistaru street 21, Riga, LV 1050, Latvia
Phone: + 371 7223392; + 371 9254469
Fax: + 371 7220423
E-mail: [email protected]
The Republic of Latvia in Facts
(situation on 1 January, 2004)
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Area:
64 589 km
Population:
2.33 million
Capital:
Riga – 739 000 inhabitants
GDP growth:
7.5 %
GDP per capita:
4.215 EUR or 2.719 LVL
Inflation:
2.9 %
Registered unemployment: 8.6 %
Source: RIS Latvia - An innovation
strategy for Latvia, 2004
Current situation
Percentage of women in
population
Total in the country – 54 %
Urban population – 55 %
Rural population – 52 %
Source: Demographic Yearbook of
Latvia, 2003
Females by main age group
Year
Under
working
age, %
Of working
age, %
Over working
age, %
1990
49
48
72
2003
49
50
69
Source: Demographic Yearbook of
Latvia, 2003 (according to the working
and retirement age laid down in the
respective legislation)
There are 32.5 % women
of the employers in Latvia
Proportion of women employers in regions:
Latgale; 14%
Kurzeme;
15%
Zemgale; 9%
Vidzeme;
15%
Riga region;
47%
Women among researchers in
the new EU member states, %
60
52
47
50
43
38
40
27
30
20
10
0
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
New EU
10
member
states
EU 15
member
states
Percentage of women in
PhD graduates
41,4
Average EU 10 new member states
Lithuania
52,5
Latvia
48,6
Hungary
38
Estonia
51,7
Czech Republic
34,7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Percentage of women in researchers
by main field of science
80
Czech Republic
70
Estonia
60
Lithuania
50
Average in 10 new EU
member states
Latvia
40
30
20
10
0
Natural Engineering Medical
sciences
and
sciences
technology
Agricultural
sciences
Social
sciences
Humanities
Problems
Riga region and other Latvia
Socio – economic
indicators
GDP
% from total in Latvia
64
Non-financial investments
63
Industry
68
Density of enterprises
67
Density of innovative
enterprises
69
Inhabitants
47
Students
78
Academic staff
77
Unemployed women from
total unemployed, %

2000 – 57.6
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2001 – 57.4
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2002 – 58.7
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2003 – 58 .0
Source: Report on Economic
Development of Latvia, Ministry of
Economics Republic of Latvia, 2004
Monthly average gross wages and
salary by gender and kind of activity,LVL
Kind of activity
Monthly average gross wages and
salary, LVL
Females
Males
Industry
131
160
Agriculture
100
116
Transport, storage and
telecommunication
180
209
Education
135
151
Health and social work
117
140
189
188
Public administration and
defence
Relative share of women & men
in a typical academic career
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Women
Men
89
76
58
42
55
45
59
41
24
11
Students
PhD
graduates
Assistant
prof.
Associate
prof.
Full prof.
Share of women from the new
EU member states in HE
positions, %
Country
Full professors
Associate professors
Bulgaria
16
31
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
7
16
12
20
32
33
Latvia
11
25
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
12
15
10
33
22
32
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
8
10
25
15
FEMALE PROFESSOR BY
THE FIELD OF STUDY, %
4
Engineering
33
Humanities
Health, social and
healthcare
20,5
21
Teachers education
Nature science and
mathematics
16
8
Social science
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Percentage of total number of
women in the fields of studies
84
Teaching sciences and teacher education
78
Humanities
65
Social sciences
36
Natural sciences and mathematics
21
Engineering and technologies
44
Agriculture
84
Health, health and social care
56
Utilities
0
20
40
Source: Overview on Latvia higher
education 2003, Ministry of Education
and science
60
80
100
Possibilities from EU
International cooperation
in science
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EU framework programs
COST
INTAS
EUREKA
Bilateral cooperation
Germany
France
USA
Latvian – Lithuania – Taiwan support foundation for
scientific cooperation
EU structural funds in Latvia,
2004 – 2006
EU structural funds
625.4 million
EUR
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European Regional Development Fund
60 %
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European Social Fund
21 %
European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund
15 %
The Financial Instrument for Fisheries
Guidance
4%
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Support for Latvia women
from EU structural funds
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Specially targeted initiatives will promote
employability and entrepreneurship of
women, especially of those returning to the
labour market after the child – care leave
Capacity of the institutions responsible for
development and implementation of gender
equality will be strengthened
Support for Latvia women
from EU structural funds
EQUAL initiative measure –
equal opportunities for
women and men
Support for Latvia women
from EU structural funds
The gender quality aspect as horizontal objective is
included throughout the Latvia Development Plan 2004
– 2006, primarily within the priority “Development of
Human Resources and Promotion of Employment”, e.g.:
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Output indicators and baseline data are broken down by
gender to monitor gender gaps and to measure progress
in gender equality
Additional points in the selection criteria will be assigned
to those projects which contribute to gender equality
Gender balance in Monitoring and Steering Committees
will be encouraged
Microcredit → Interreg
Project Microcredit
2000 - 2003
Sweden
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Norway
Project Interreg
2004 - 2006
Finland
Lithuania
Estonia
Sweden
Latvia
Norway
Germany
Belarus
Poland
Kaliningrad
Activities of project
Interreg
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Building up resource centres and meeting
places to strengthen the role of women in
society and in local and regional
development.
Resource centres:
Latgale - 3
 Vidzeme – 1
 Kurzeme – 1
 Zemgale – 1
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Activities of project
Interreg
 Networks
for training and
exchange of experience for
advisors and resource centre
leaders
 Mentorship program for women
entrepreneurs
Activities of project
Interreg
 Networking
in microcredit groups
and/or other financial solutions
for women entrepreneurs
 Internationalization of women’s
entrepreneurship in the BSR
Thank You
for Your
attention!