How many women are really equal in society today and what can be done to improve their position?
This is the main topic Women’s Weekenda, a conference held from 7 to 10 March 2024 in the premises of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Art Quarter in Rijeka.
The conference is an opportunity to bring together and share experiences, inspiration and support among women of different fields of activity. During the full three days, inspirational lectures, interactive workshops and panel discussions were organized, creating space for learning and growth. The conference will bring together prominent names of the regional and world scene with the aim of contributing to the strengthening of women's equality.
Representation of the European Commission in Croatia in cooperation with the University of Rijeka this year’s partner of the ‘Women’s Weekend’ conference is the half-day programme Thursday 7 March 2024 free. The theme is “For a Europe of gender equality”, and socializing takes place in MMSU in Rijeka from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.. This "Day Zero" focuses in substance and thematically on the European Commission's achievements in the field of equality. It includes discussions dedicated to the issue of equality from a scientific, economic, media, but also diplomatic perspective, and will also address women's entrepreneurship with a particular focus on work-life balance.
Visitors will have the opportunity to hear the presentations and reviews of the Head of the European Commission Representation in Croatia (v.d) and the Head of the Media Andreja Čović Vidović, Head of the Communication Team of the Representation Carmen Gruber, on NextGenerationEU and senior economic advisers in the Commission Representation Judite Cuculić Župa i Hana Huzjak.
On behalf of the University of Rijeka speak prof. dr. sc. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Rector of the University of Rijeka, Assoc. prof. dr. sc. Adrijana Martinović the Chair of European Public Law, prof. dr. sc. Sanja Barić, Head of the Chair of Constitutional Law, Assoc. prof. dr. sc. Dalida Rittos the Department of Criminal Law, as well as Daria Glavan Šćulac, dipl. iur., Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka; Assoc. prof. dr. sc. Ana Marija Sikirić Simčič from the Faculty of Economics and dr. sc. Brigitta Miloš, from the Center for Women's Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. In front of the Polytechnic of PAR from Rijeka, the discussions will be joined by dr. sc. Gordana Nikolić.
Diana Keson, Deputy Ombudswoman and Kristijan Kevešević, Deputy Ombudswoman for Gender Equality, will speak on behalf of the Ombudsmen's Institutions of the Republic of Croatia, and the audience will also be addressed by Tarja Krehić as a representative of the Croatian Association of Women in the Legal Profession, while Danica Kragic Jensfelt, robotic and AI professor, talk about gender issues in the field of artificial intelligence.
The event will be complemented by H.E.’s perspective on gender equality. William de Baets, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Croatia, and H.E. Jessica Blitt, the Ambassador of Canada to Croatia, and the discussions are moderated Nevena Rendelli, Ida Prester i Petar Štefanić.
