Lifelong economic impacts of maternity › Problem-solving proposal

Problem-solving proposal

The project will propose a complex set of measures and recommendations from tax excise, labor law or information areas. The file of recommendations will be focused on the area of policies, employment practice.  Model practice (video manuals) how to minimize negative economic impacts of maternity will be created. The selected recommendations will be published in the “Newsletter of Equal Opportunities” which will be issued towards the end of the project. 

Project Promoter: Gender Studies, o.p.s.

Project Partners: CERGE EI, Department of Sociology, Academy of Science, Business for Society, NHH Norwegian School of Economics

Project Duration: 1. 9. 2014 – 30. 4. 2016

Project Coordinator: Lada Wichterlová

„The Project is being supported by the Open Society Fund Prague from the Let’s Give (Wo)men a Chance programme, financed from Norway Grants. With Norway Grants, Norway contributes towards a reduction in economic and social disparity and the strengthening of mutual cooperation in Europe. It promotes, above all else, environmental protection, research and scholarships, civil society development, health care, children, gender equality and an improvement in the efficiency of justice. The Let’s Give Women a Chance programme promotes equal opportunities for women and men both in their work and personal lives as well as prevention and help for victims of domestic and gender-based violence in the Czech Republic. It is operated by the Open Society Fund Prague, which has been developing values of open society and democracy in the Czech Republic since 1992.“