Exploring the future of women's employment in peripheral industrial regions: Insights from the RSA 2024 conference

Exploring the future of women's employment in peripheral industrial regions: Insights from the RSA 2024 conference

The collaborators of the WIN project - Improving Women's Employment in Peripheral Industrial Regions, Jani Kozina, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, David Bole, Marko Senčar Mrdaković and Maruša Goluža from ZRC SAZU, and Jasmin Sandriester and Jörn Harfst from the University of Graz, actively participated in the conference of the Regional Studies Association (RSA) "Central and Eastern Europe: Dynamically Changing Regions in an Ever-Changing World", which took place from 11th till 13th of September 2024 at the University of Dubrovnik. The conference organised a special session dedicated to exploring the future of work in the industrial peripheries of Central and Eastern Europe, entitled "Local labour markets between deindustrialisation and reindustrialisation?"

Presentation by Janija Kozina on Women in labour markets women in peripheral industrial regions: statistical data from central and Eastern Europe.
In this session, Jani Kozina presented a paper entitled "Women in the labour markets of peripheral industrial regions: statistical evidence from CEE". His paper highlighted key statistics on the situation of women in local labour markets in these regions, focusing on the challenges and opportunities they face in the era of deindustrialisation and reindustrialisation.
Presentation by Katarina Polajnar Horvat, who presented a paper with entitled The legacy of women's factories in Trbovlje: lessons learned for for a just transition.
Katarina Polajnar Horvat also presented an important paper entitled "The Legacy of Women's Factories in Trbovlje: Lessons Learned for a Just Transition", in which she analysed the impact of the historic women's factories in Trbovlje on the contemporary challenges of just transition in industrial regions. Jasmin Sandriester presented a paper entitled "It's a man's world?! Female Employment in the Industrial Peripheries of CEE". Their contributions opened an important debate on the role of women in changing industrial environments and highlighted the importance of equality and just transition for the future of work in these regions. The RSA 2024 conference thus provided an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and experiences and to discuss key issues affecting local labour markets in the industrial peripheries of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Sodelavci projekta WIN – Izboljšanje zaposlovanja žensk v obrobnih industrijskih regijah, Jani Kozina, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, David Bole, Marko Senčar Mrdaković in Maruša Goluža z ZRC SAZU ter Jasmin Sandriester in Jörn Harfst z Univerze v Gradcu so se aktivno udeležili konference Združenja za regionalne študije (RSA) z naslovom "Centralna in Vzhodna Evropa: Dinamično spreminjajoče se regije v vedno spreminjajočem se svetu", ki je potekala od 11. do 13. septembra 2024 na Univerzi v Dubrovniku. Na konferenci so organizirali posebno sekcijo, namenjeno raziskovanju prihodnosti dela v industrijskih periferijah srednje in vzhodne Evrope, z naslovom "Lokalni trgi dela med deindustrializacijo in reindustrializacijo?".

V okviru te sekcije je Jani Kozina predstavil prispevek z naslovom "Ženske na trgih dela obrobnih industrijskih regij: statistični podatki iz srednje in vzhodne Evrope". V svojem prispevku je izpostavil ključne statistične podatke o položaju žensk na lokalnih trgih dela v teh regijah, s poudarkom na izzivih in priložnostih, s katerimi se soočajo v obdobju deindustrializacije in reindustrializacije. Katarina Polajnar Horvat je prav tako predstavila pomemben prispevek z naslovom "Zapuščina ženskih tovarn v Trbovljah: lekcije pridobljene za pravičen prehod", v katerem je analizirala vpliv zgodovinskih ženskih tovarn v Trbovljah na sodobne izzive pravičnega prehoda v industrijskih regijah. Jasmin Sandriester pa je predstavila prispevek z naslovom "To je moški svet?! Zaposlovanje žensk na industrijskih obrobjih srednje in vzhodne Evrope". Njihovi prispevki sta odprli pomembno razpravo o vlogi žensk v spreminjajočih se industrijskih okoljih in poudarila pomen enakopravnosti ter pravičnega prehoda za prihodnost dela v teh regijah. Konferenca RSA 2024 je tako ponudila odlično priložnost za izmenjavo znanja in izkušenj ter za razpravo o ključnih vprašanjih, ki zadevajo lokalne trge dela v industrijskih periferijah srednje in vzhodne Evrope.

17/09/2024

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