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Aperio - Healthy Parenting Association

  • started in 1999 as a program of the Open Society Fund Prague
  • independent NGO founded in 2001

Aperio's mission

is to promote informed choice, personal responsibility, an active approach to parenting, and gender equality.

Aims:

  • equality of men and women both in the family and on the labour market (gender programs)
  • strengthen the rights of citizens to information concerning health and health services, with a special focus on childbirth and parenting (public health programs)

How did we start with gender equality programs?

"Aperio was founded by a group of parents who wanted to improve the situation surrounding childbirth in the Czech Republic. We later expanded our activities and began to address a wide range of parenting services with the goal of increasing the prestige of parenthood in society.
While offering counselling and advisory services, we often heard parents tell us how important equal opportunities are for them, not only in the family, but also at work. We redefined our programs more towards human rights and public advocacy work. We focused on encouraging employers to make changes towards the equal treatment of men and women on the labour market and set up a new program called 'Employers and Equal Opportunities'".
Lucie Ryntova, program coordinator and co-founder of Aperio

Program: Employers and Equal Opportunities

Aims of the program
  • encourage employers to make changes in their approach to the treatment men and women on the labour market
  • encourage companies to set up or improve their gender equality programs
  • develop tools for the practical implementation of gender equality in the workplace
  • encourage employers to use these tools in their daily work
Achievements of the program since 2005
  • creation of a gender audit methodology, the first of its kind in the Czech Republic
  • training of the first group of gender auditors in the Czech Republic
    • six training modules: gender issues in companies, organizational behaviour of companies, research methods, gender and law, communication skills, teambuilding.
  • performed pilot gender audits at six companies in the Czech Republic, with very good response
    • assessment of company processes from the point of view of gender equality (document collection and analysis, interviews with management, focus groups with employees…)
    • recommendation of changes leading to men and women having an equal position at work
    • the audited companies include:
    - Status - joint-stock company - construction industry - 212 employees
    - Grandhotel Pupp - joint-stock company - hotel and restaurant services - 230 employees
    - IKEA Prague and IKEA Brno - assembly and sales of furniture - approx. 600 employees total at both stores
  • evaluation of pilot phase, modifications to methodology
  • development of final methodology and creation of other tools
Key activities of the current program (2008-2011)
  • gender audit in companies
  • gender training and workshops in companies
  • gender equality plans for companies
  • informational website for companies on gender and equal opportunities
  • self-assessment tool for companies – Test of Equal Opportunities, available on the Internet
  • free online legal consultation service for employees
  • further training of gender auditors and consultants (i.e., gender and law, facilitation of focus groups, models for the implementation of gender equality in companies, roundtables with HR managers, etc.)
The program has its own Advisory Board, which provides supervision over all its activities. This advisory body consists of experienced HR managers and employers as well as gender experts, sociologists and lawyers.

Some of APERIO's past and current projects:

  • co-organized the international conference "Bringing Babies to the World" (Prague, 2001; 600 participants from 25 countries)
  • published Guide to Czech Maternity Units (2002), Book of Birth Stories (2006) and other publications
  • regular courses for the public since 2003
  • courses for professionals (gender auditors, childbirth educators)
  • Aperio Magazine (2002-2008) - an independent quarterly on childbirth, parenting, gender, health and other relevant issues
  • Library and Information Centre (with a focus on childbirth, equal opportunities, reproductive health issues, parenting, etc.), opened in 2002; books, video, DVDs...
  • Aperio website (over 60,000 visits a month) with information for parents end employers; free online consulting services
  • supports and conducts research and expert analyses (childbirth and gender issues)
  • promotes legal standards that will create the legislative framework for realizing the association's aims
  • offers services to single parents (new, since 2008)

Aperio

  • supports the development of a civic society in the Czech Republic and public involvement in societal debate
  • initiates open dialogue with professionals and the general public
  • supports increased participation by civic associations in social change

Contact

Aperio - Healthy Parenting Association, Plzenska 66, 151 24, Prague 5, Czech Republic.
+420 222 364 083, +420 739 062 011, email: aperio@aperio.cz, www.aperio.cz

 
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