Women in rural areas Women in Jászfényszaru

Kovács Béláné PETŐ Magdolna

Bedekovich Lőrinc Association of People's Academy(Bedekovich Lőrinc Université Pour Tous)

Jászfényszaru, Hungary

European University for Rural Development 2006Workshop No3

Jászfényszaru; 30 June 2006

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Contents

Jászfényszaru – Situation of women in the town Introduction of our Association

Foundation Activities

Women-related programs and projects

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Jászfényszaru - location

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Jászfényszaru – demography

Popoulation in 2001-2005

5841

5879

5911 5908

5952

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2001. 2002. 2003. 2004. 2005.

Population in age able to work: 3684

Registered unemployed people: 153

Rate of unemployment: 4,15%

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Jászfényszaru – demography

Number of schoolchildren

601 584 586 574544 521 523

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2000. 2001. 2002. 2003. 2004. 2005. 2006.

Number of births and deaths

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120

2000. 2001. 2002. 2003. 2004.

Births Deaths

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Jászfényszaru – demography

3,1%2,5% 3,2%

2,8%

8,7%8,1% 6,1% 5,6%

59,4% 54,0%

19,5%

26,9%

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40,0%

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60,0%

0-2 y/o 3-5 y/o 6-13 y/o 14-17 y/o 18-59 y/o 60-100 y/o

Age-groups of the population

Men Women

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Jászfényszaru – employment

Samsung Rt. 1350 Hungarian Post Services * 13

Fózer Hungary KKT * 33 Apothekes * 12

Jászfény Ltd. 9 Bali & Ézsiás Ltd’s 370

Hirsch Porozell Ltd. 34 Magtápker Ltd. 35

Alfa industrial co-operative * 53 Public employees * 142

Coop Star * 20 Public servants * 30

Savings co-operative * 6

Total number of employees 2107

Number of employees employed by local employers (Jan. 2006)

* Significant rate of women-employment

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Introduction of our Association

The Association was founded on the 20th of December 1993 by 20 founder members and 9 supporting members, the number of its members has been growing to 134.

The majority of the founder members are teachers and women, mostly women take part in the organisation of programs.

The aims of the Association are to help the organization of the local community and to be the forum of forming skills needed by individual and communal social initiatives and the civic knowledge essential to form the local government.

The Association has 3 associated workshops: the Dramapedagogic, the Handicraft Workshop and the Duflex Photographic Studio

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Introduction of our Association

We realised programs in various fields in the past 13 years, for example: Professional programs:

Rural development and LEADER conferences (our Association is a LEADER+ leading organisation)

Public education conferences Cultural events, tradition-preservation:

Concerts Photo exhibitions Handicraft activities (for Advent & Easter, weaving, etc.)

Vocational trainings: Trainings for farmers (4 courses) Courses for people working in NGO’s and public administration Courses for women (e-NIVO project, business development)

Our activities in the past few years are shifted towards vocational trainings (however, absolutely clear distinction cannot be made)

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Training for women

Courses, projects: e-NIVO: supporting women entrepreneurs with customised

consultations (in special consideration of using IT-based services) Business development: trainings for women entrepreneurs and

NGO’s in order to expand the business knowledge and improve the competitiveness

Partners: Association of Hungarian Internet-user Women (MINŐK,

http://www.minok.hu) Foundation for Small Enterprise Economic Development (SEED

Foundation, http://www.seed.hu)

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Thank you for the attention!

Bedekovich Lőrinc Association of People's AcademyWebpage: http://www.bedekovich.hu

Email: info@bedekovich.hu