Scholarship program for 20 women professionals unemployed
Spain - Province of Córdoba
The program consists in 20 scholarships for unemployed professional women over 18 and under 30 years old age or having obtained the academic degree in the last two years immediately preceding the announcement. The sholarship are in professions/degrees in which women are underrepresented for a period of 6 months and an economic amount of 600 euros per month. The number of hours to perform shall not exceed five hours per day.
The gender objectives of the practice were:
- developing work experience in sectors with little or no representation of women in social economy enterprises;
- having the opportunity to gain experience aimed at facilitating their entry into the workforce;
- giving woman participants a professional certificate issued by the company and a certificate from the council.
The target group was composed of young women between 18 and 30 years or having obtained educational qualifications in the two years immediately preceding the announcement. Women with educational qualification in professions /degrees in which women are underrepresented.