Agenda

9:00 – 9:15Welcome
Dr Astrid Ouahyb Sundsbø and Prof Anette Fagertun
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
9:15 – 9:30Introduction into the Topic and conference program
Prof Felicitas Hillmann, TU Berlin – Paradigm Shift_new Outlooks, Germany
9:30 – 11:20
 
Session 1.
Welfare State and Labour Market Integration
Moderation: Dr Alexandra David
9:30 – 10:00Keynote: Dr Tanja Fendel, Institute for Employment Research – IAB, Germany
Facts and Figures – Situation of migrant women in the German Labour Market
10:00 – 10:20Contribution1:
Transnational Women Laborers: Migrant
Filipinas in the Care Chain Industry
Phoebe Zoe Maria Sanchez / DeZIM Institut e.V. (Germany)
10:20 – 10:40Contribution 2:
Inclusive Volunteerism-based Gendered Organising in Extreme Socio-political Contexts
Prof Natalia Vershinina / Audencia Business School, Daria Serbichenko / Association France Horizon, Yuliya Shymko / Audencia Business School (France)
10:40 – 11:00Contribution 3:
Patriarchy Across Sites: Experiences of Highly Skilled Migrant Women in Male-Dominated Sectors
Gunjan Sondhi, Parvati Raghuram / The Open University (UK)
11:00 – 11:20Discussion
11:20 – 11:30Coffee break
11:30 – 14:20Session 2
Policies on Female Migrant Entrepreneurship
Moderation: Anne Ziegler and Prof Felicitas Hillmann
11:30 – 12:00Keynote: Raushan Aman, PhD, University of Oulu, Finland
The Role of Host Country Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in fostering Migrant Women’s Entrepreneurship
12:00 – 12:20Contribution 1:
Why do Women Found Startups Less Often Than Men? A Systematic Literature Analysis 
Merle Petersen, Jörg Freiling & Quynh D. Phuong / University of Bremen, LEMEX (Germany)
12:20 – 13:00Lunchbreak
13:00– 13:20Contribution 2:
Entrepreneurship as a solution to overcome labour market integration barriers: a case of Ukrainian women entrepreneurs in Lithuania
Eugenija Kovaliova / Ukreate Hub, Agnietė Kaufman / Open Lithuania Foundation (OLF), Oleksandra Cherednichenko / Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius (Lithuania)
13:20 – 13:40Contribution 3:
Breaking Boundaries: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Female Immigrants in Sweden
Ghazal Zalkat, Henrik Barth / Halmstad University (Sweden)
13:40 – 14:00Contribution 4:
Exploring Entrepreneurship fostering Programmes for Migrant Women in Germany: An Analysis from Different Lenses to Shape the Future
Deepica Sachdeva / University Applied Sciences Fulda (Germany)
14:00 – 14:20Discussion
14:20 – 16:40Session 3.
Striving for Gender-Responsive Labour Market Policies – An International Perspective
Moderation: Dr Judith Terstriep
14:20 – 15:10Keynote: Prof Natalia Vershinina, Audencia Business School, France
What Specific Policies have International Institutions Recommended for Reducing Gender Gaps in the Labour Market?
15:10 – 15:30Contribution 1:
Ethnic penalty, gender gap, and the role of integration policies in migrants’ labour market inclusion in Western Europe
Giacomo Solano / University of Nijmegen, Stefano Cantalini & Nazareno Panichella / University of Milano (Netherlands and Italy)
15:30 – 15:50Contribution 2:
Gender-Based Violence and Migrant Women in European Agriculture: Strategies for Trade and Policy Interventions
Khaoula Omhand /
Staffordshire University and Sibel Yamak / University of Wolverhampton (UK)
15:50– 16:00Quick Coffee Break
16:00– 16:20Contribution 3:
Punjabi women in Italy: gendered challenges and negotiations of the labour market participation
Carla De Tona / University of Bologna (Italy)
16:20 – 16:40Contribution 4:
Job-Turbo: Heaven or hell for the Integration of Refugee Women into Employment
Ralf Sänger / Perspektive neuStart e.V. (Germany)
16:40 – 17:00Discussion
17:00– 17:15Wrap up & Farwell
Dr Judith Terstriep & Dr Alexandra David
Westphalian University Applied Sciences, Institute for Work and Technology, Germany