Type of organisation (legal status, main areas and type of activity)
Public organisation (non-governmental organisation) working
in the area of improving the status of women in Lithuania with the regards
to women employment issues, self-employment, enterprise development, women’s
leadership, influencing public opinion on gender equality.
Size of organisation, in terms of the total number of personnel (use full-time
equivalents)
Three full time employees; two part time employees; from ten to fifteen
volunteers
Evidence of experience of the organisation of the women’s employment issues and
experience in international co-operation
WEINC is working in the field of women employment
issues since 1994. Every year nearly three thousand women are registered in
our Job Placement Agency. They are consulted and advised to attend courses
held in our Centre – English language, accountancy, computer skills, etc.
Approximately 25 % of our clients manage to find employment thanks to our
effort.
Another field WEINC is concentrating on is to encourage women to start their
own enterprises and create job places for themselves. For three years WEINC
has been arranging idea and trade fairs and conferences for women in
business
‘ Women’s Project’ where women entrepreneurs had possibility to
exchange their ideas and to influence legislation.
In 1998 our organisation was nominated by The Embassy of the United States
of America as one of the ten best NGOs in Lithuania.
Our international partners
The Women’s Enterprise Agency (Finland)
Networked Intelligence for Development (Canada)
Språngbrädan Utvecklingskonsulter AB (Sweden)
Women NGOs in Baltic countries and Russia
Women Human Rights Advocates Network
International projects
Name of the project: Small Business Creation for Women
Project duration: 12 months
Participants: women in business, representatives from governmental
institutions, banks, credit unions, research institutes, NGO
representatives, guests
Name of the project: Women Human Rights Advocacy in Lithuania
Project duration: 24 months
Participants: representatives of women NGOs, victims of violations of
WHR, representatives of trade unions, Equal Opportunities Ombudsman’s
office
