Mentoring and Networking Strategies in Relation to Gender

Contemporary research is not clear about issues such as ethnicity, gender, and social status and their importance when pairing mentors and mentees.
This session presents programmes where the main objectives are building immigrants' social capital and reducing barriers to employment. How do they approach these other variables?

Presenters:
- Jelica Ugricic, Marie Bergvall Bark, Ulrika Melander and Åsa Berglund, The Organisation for InternationalWomen in Malmö (Sweden);
- Thorunn Sveingjörnsdottir, Icelandic Red Cross and the "Women of Many Nations" organisation (Island);
- Ilvana Karanga and Memet Ahmad, KVINFO's Mentor Network in Esbjerg (Denmark);
- Sabe Amthor Soe and Alwiye Xuseyn, the European Network of Migrant Women 

Round of Q&A. Moderator: Sangeeta Subramanian (Canada)