Milton Keynes - Women Supporting Women
On the 13th March, 2009 over 50 influential women of Milton Keynes got together in celebration of
International Women'a Week to support Women and Work in launching our Women Supporting Women Programme.
As a result of the Symposium, we are taking forward two subjects: the Flexible Working Campaign to increase
the number of flexible working opportunities at all levels; Promotion and Mentoring aimed at supporting us
to further increase our profile and also to support our clients in their journey towards paid employment through mentoring.
We have subsequently run two further Symposiums, details of which will be on this page soon
- Launch of Women Supporting Women
- Flexible Working
- Promotion & Mentoring
- Press Releases
- Documents and Links
We held a Flexible Working Symposium in May chaired by Liz Gifford of MK Economy and Learning Partnership.
Exploring various aspects and the pros and cons of flexible working for business
the attendees developed an action plan to take forward the campaign. Click here to see the event summary.
Details coming soon
With over 50 women attending the event included launching the latest publication of "Womens Journey towards Sexual Equality", available from the Women and Work Office
for £5.00 (£3.00 for unemployed and students) plus p&p, which charts some dates in Women's movement towards equality.
Avril Francome, Head of Group, also outlined the situation in Milton Keynes for women compared to the National situation, and explained the need for change.
Working in groups and as a whole, women got together to explore opportunities for change. Read the Symposium summary for more information.
The MK Women Supporting Women programme will continue with 3 further symposiums to focus in on different aspects of issues affecting the women of Milton Keynes.
- Encouraging Flexible Working Policies, including part-time working amongst employers in Milton Keynes.
- Supporting Women and Work to support their clients, through promotion, mentoring and work placements.
- Women Supporting Women - the next step, looking at developing some of the other ideas that came out of the day.
Buy Womens Journey towards Sexual Equality, 2009
If you would like to get involved in this programme, please info@womenandwork.co.uk or contact the office on 01908 200186. Please note
places at events are limited, but we will consider every application to become involved.
Symposium Photos (March 13th, 2009)
Click on any of the photos to view a bigger format.
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