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MIRJAM

MIRJAM

Language: English

Country: Sweden

Mirjam is an ESF project run by the Swedish National Employment Service that includes 22 municipalities in Östergötland and Sörmland. A project guiding newly arrived women to the labour market, it aims to increase the employment rate for participants after the introduction phase. The project’s goal is to find methods and pathways for the target group that shorten the lead time from arrival to a job.

Mirjam is intended only for newly arrived women with a minimal educational background. The reason is that this group gets out into the workforce to a lesser extent than other groups. In Sweden today, more than every fifth foreign-born woman of working age remains outside the workforce. This figure can be compared to foreign-born men and to native-born women and men, where barely one in ten adults remains outside the workforce.

Resorse type Webpage: www.esf.se/sv/Sidhuvud/The-swedish-ESF-council/Articles-about-our-projects/Mirjam--Facilitating-entry-into-the-labour-market-for-newly-arrived-refugee-women-within-the-labour-introduction-assignment/