Sexual and Gender Minorities at Work ascii version

The employment rate of the persons belonging to sexual or gender minorities is lower than the average rate in Finland. They are being discriminated at work and in recruitment situations.1-10% of the population belong to the minority groups in question depending on the survey or definition. The proposal for the Work Discrimation Directive of the EU Commission states that 27% of the people participating in the surveys in Great Britain and 48% of those in Sweden had experienced discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace. Unemployment was also seen as a serious problem. There is no corresponding research material in Finland, as for example states the Finnish Equal Operational Programme approved by the Finnish government.

Objective

Objectives:
The objective of the project is to disseminate information and raise awareness about the hbt-persons (homo, bi and trans) in working life by means of research and training. The project seeks means to develop working communities so that discrimination based on sexual or gender orientation would not make employment or coping at work more difficult. To support this goal the project will choose a pilot industry where it will develop practices and administrative policy programmes in order to prevent the discrimation of the target group. The acquired results can be later utilised also in other industries. The pilot cases will include educational establishments.
The immediate results will include methods through which it will be possible to improve the position of the sexual and gender minorities in working life. These are for example:
-a common policy for workplaces in order to promote the acceptance of diverse sexual and gender orientation
-a specific educational programme which applies the above policy designed for the municipal educational system

Innovation

Nature of the experimental activities to be implemented	Rating
Awareness raising, information, publicity	****
Studies and analysis of discrimination features	****

Type of innovation	Rating
Process-oriented	****

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Projektin suunnittelemilla menetelmillä on erityinen uutuusarvo ja innovaatiota voidaan pitää realistisena ja toteuttamiskelpoisena. Projektissa tehtävän tutkimuksen avulla voidaan tuottaa sellaista uutta tietoa, jota ei ole muualta saatavissa

Budget Action 2

250 000 – 500 000 €

Beneficiaries

Assistance to persons	M	F
Unemployed	100.0%	0.0%
Employed	0.0%	0.0%
Others (without status, social beneficiaries...)	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
Migrants, ethnic minorities, …	0.0%	0.0%
Asylum seekers	0.0%	0.0%
Population not migrant and not asylum seeker	100.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
Physical Impairment	0.0%	0.0%
Mental Impairment	0.0%	0.0%
Mental Illness	0.0%	0.0%
Population not suffering from a disability	100.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
Substance abusers	0.0%	0.0%
Homeless	0.0%	0.0%
(Ex-)prisoners	0.0%	0.0%
Other discriminated (religion, sexual orientation)	100.0%	0.0%
Without such specific discriminations	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
< 25 year	0.0%	0.0%
25 - 50 year	100.0%	0.0%
> 50 year	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%

Assistance to structures and systems and accompanying measures	Rating
Discrimination and inequality in employment	****
Other discriminations	****

Promoting individual empowerment

Empowerment

With beneficiaries

Participation

Developing collective responsibility and capacity for action

Participation in the project design

Participation in running and evaluating activities

Changing attitudes and behavior of key actors

Between national partners

N.C.

Transnationality

Linguistic skills

English
suomi

Percentage of the budget for transnational activities

10.0%

Transnational Co-operation Partnerships

Transnational Co-operation Agreement	DPs involved
2053 Equal sexualities at work	NL 2001/EQA/0110 SE 14 SE 33

Background

Involvment in previous EU programmes

Two and more partners involved in A&E

Networking

Interest in networking

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Events

Last update: 15-05-2002 Top

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Products

N.C.

National Partners

Partner	To be contacted for
University of Helsinki, Department of Sociology	Co-ordination of experimental activities Design of the project DP managing organisation Evaluation Monitoring, data collection Transnational partnership
SETA
STAKES

Agreement Summary

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Department of Sociology
P.O.Box 35
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
www.valt.helsinki.fi/sosio/tutkimus/equal

University of Helsinki, Department of Sociology

Tel:+358 9 191 24 705
Fax:+358 9 191 24 750
Email:jplehton@helsinki.fi


Responsibility in the DP:	Co-ordination of experimental activities Design of the project DP managing organisation Evaluation Monitoring, data collection Transnational partnership
Type of organisation:	University / Research organisation
Legal status:	Public organisation
Size:	Staff 50-250
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-11-2001 /

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Lehtonen	Jukka Mr.	+358 9 191 24 705	jplehton@helsinki.fi	responsible for project organisation

Hietalahdenkatu 2 B 16
FIN-00180 Helsinki
www.seta.fi

SETA

Tel:+358 9 681 25 820
Fax:+358 9 612 32 66
Email:jussi.nissinen@seta.fi


Responsibility in the DP:
Type of organisation:	Organisation providing support and guidance for disadvantaged groups
Legal status:	Non-profit private organisation (including NGO...)
Size:	Staff < 10
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-11-2001 /

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National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organisation

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Huuska	Maarit Ms.	+358 9 681 25 820	trans.tuki@seta.fi	project implementation
Lyden	Hilkka Ms.	+358 9 681 25 820	hilkka.lyden@seta.fi	project implementation
Nissinen	Jussi Mr.	+358 9 681 25 820	jussi.nissinen@seta.fi	project implementation

STAKES, Siltasaarenkatu 18
FIN-00531 Helsinki
www.stakes.fi

STAKES

Tel:+358 9 396 72 153
Fax:+358 9 396 72 443
Email:matti.ojala@stakes.fi


Responsibility in the DP:
Type of organisation:	Public authority (national, regional, local)
Legal status:	Public organisation
Size:	Staff 50-250
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-11-2001 /

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Ojala	Matti Mr.	+358 9 396 72 153	matti.ojala@stakes.fi	project implementation

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Sexual and Gender Minorities at Work

Rationale

Seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöihin kuuluvat henkilöt työllistyvät keskimääräistä huonommin.
Heitä syrjitään työssä ja työhönottotilanteissa. Kyseisiin vähemmistöryhmiin kuuluu tutkimuksesta ja määrittelystä riippuen 1-10% väestöstä. EU:n Komission Työsyrjintädirektiiviehdotuksessa todetaan että sukupuoliseen suuntautumiseen perustuvaa syrjintää työpaikalla oli kokenut tutkituista 27% Iso-Britanniassa ja 48% Ruotsissa, ja myös työttömyys koetaan suureksi ongelmaksi. Suomessa ei ole aiheesta tutkimustietoa, kuten mm. Suomen hallituksen hyväksymässä Equal-ohjelmassakin todetaan.

Objective

Tavoitteet:
Projektin tavoitteena on tiedon lisääminen ja levittäminen hbt-ihmisten (homo, bi ja trans) työelämästä tutkimuksen ja koulutuksen avulla. Projekti etsii keinoja kehittää työyhteisöjä niin ettei seksuaalisen tai sukupuolisen suuntautumisen perusteella tapahtuva syrjintä vaikeuttaisi työllistymistä ja työssä suoriutumista. Tavoitteen tukemiseksi kehitetään pilottitoimialan hallinnollisia periaateohjelmia ja käytänteitä ko. ryhmän syrjinnän estämiseksi. Saavutettuja tuloksia voidaan myöhemmin hyödyntää muillakin toimialoilla. Esimerkkitapauksena käytetään kouluyhteisöjä. Välittömänä tuloksena on metodeja, joilla parannetaan seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöjen asemaa työelämässä.
-yleinen toimintaohjelma työpaikoille monimuotoisen seksuaalisuuden ja sukupuolisuuden hyväksymisen lisäämiseksi
-kohdennettu sovellusohjelma kunnallista koululaitosta varten