Kaunas Women's Employment Information Centre Association
Savanorių pr. 1
44255 Kaunas, Lithuania
E-Mail: info@muic.lt
Website: www.muic.lt
Vitalija Norvilienė
Tel./Fax: +370 37 200392
Tel.: +370 37 321662
E-Mail: vitalijan@hotmail.com
Kaunas Women Employment Information Centre is a public organization working with women and for their sake. Opened in 1994 on the initiative of Kaunas Municipality and Labour organization, its mission is to improve the status of women in Lithuania solving the issues of their employment, establishment and development of business, encouragement of the leadership of women, as well as the influence of public policy upon the problems of equality.
Since 1994, the agency of employment, information and re-qualification has been open at the Centre. Here, skilled consultants render services to the unemployed women free to charge, organize the personnel selection for free, mediate in the employment process, keep relations with employers, inform women about events, courses, possibilities of volunteering in the Centre or other nongovernmental organizations.
Women are directed to the Centre by the local Labour Exchange, Social Division of Kaunas, and other social partners. The Employment Agency of the Centre helps women to get jobs as baby-sitters, assistant-workers, accountants, insurance agents, etc.
The „MILDA“ club (Women Initiative for the growth of Democracy in Lithuania) was established in December 2002, seated at the Women Employment Information Centre of Kaunas. Its aim is to form a positive image of a woman-politician and to seek for the equal opportunities of gender in politics.
The club of buisness women „The 21-st Century“ was opened in 1996. It unites 30 full-fledged members and associates. Its mission is to create the environment favourable for business women in Lithuania, improving the image of a business woman, seeking better laws and state programmes to encourage fame business. The club keeps close relationships with business- women of Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg regions.
Kaunas Women Employment Information Centre’s objectives are:
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