Presentations

Welcome
Dr Astrid Ouahyb Sundsbø and Prof Anette Fagertun
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

Session 1.
Welfare State and Labour Market Integration
Moderated by Dr Alexandra David

Keynote
Facts and Figures – Situation of migrant women in the German Labour Market
Dr Tanja Fendel // Institute for Employment Research – IAB, Germany

Contribution1.
Transnational Women Laborers: Migrant Filipinas in the Care Chain Industry
Phoebe Zoe Maria Sanchez // DeZIM Institut e.V. (Germany)

Contribution 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)

Contribution 3.
Patriarchy Across Sites: Experiences of Highly Skilled Migrant Women in Male-Dominated Sectors
Gunjan Sondhi, Parvati Raghuram // The Open University (UK)

Session 2.
Policies on Female Migrant Entrepreneurship
Moderated by Prof Felicitas Hillmann and Anne Ziegler

Keynote
The Role of Host Country Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in fostering Migrant Women’s Entrepreneurship
Raushan Aman, PhD // University of Oulu, Finland

Contribution 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)

Contribution 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)

Contribution 3.
Breaking Boundaries: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Female Immigrants in Sweden
Ghazal Zalkat, Henrik Barth // Halmstad University (Sweden)

Contribution 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)

Session 3.
Striving for Gender-Responsive Labour Market Policies – An International Perspective
Moderated by Dr Judith Terstriep

Keynote
What Specific Policies have International Institutions Recommended for Reducing Gender Gaps in the Labour Market?
Prof Natalia Vershinina // Audencia Business School, France

Contribution 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)Giacomo Solano // University of Nijmegen, Stefano Cantalini & Nazareno Panichella // University of Milano (Netherlands and Italy)

Contribution 2.
Punjabi women in Italy: gendered challenges and negotiations of the labour market participation
Carla De Tona // University of Bologna (Italy)

Contribution 3.
Job-Turbo: Heaven or hell for the Integration of Refugee Women into Employment
Ralf Sänger // Perspektive neuStart e.V. (Germany)