Deaf mum on the labor market

Podmiot prawny

Fundacja Między Uszami

Kraków Katowice

Wiosenny Inkubator Innowacji [2016-2019]

Produkt

Finding a job poses a much greater challenge for the deaf than it does for hearing people. Iit is difficult for them to improve their professional qualifications, comply with complicated procedures and regulations. The barrier when communicating verbally or in writing with the 'hearing community' is very much present. It is even more difficult for deaf women to balance motherhood and work as they often experience discrimination due to their gender. The ‘glass ceiling' phenomenon, lower wages. This results in deaf women having often low self-esteem, lacking confidence in their abilities and having anxiety about taking up a job.

As part of the project, training sessions were held for more than 40 workers of the Regional Labor Offices in Kraków and Katowice on how to attend to deaf people. In addition, a video with sign language interpretor explaining how the labor office works, was made. A survey was launched to examine the problems and needs deaf women face when dealing with labor office and looking for a job. Those activities were intended to improve the communication between deaf people and Regional Labor Offices and to familiarise their workers with the specifics of communicating with deaf people. Additionally, the website (www.gluchamamapracuje.pl) was created, which is not online any more, where deaf women could find key information on employment rights in Polish Sign Language.

Deaf women from all over Poland using Polish Sign Language aged 20 to 40 who: – do not have any children but plan to become pregnant; – are on maternity or parental leave and want to take up a job; – already have children and have jobs, but think of changing jobs or having another child.

Regional Labor Offices – Institutions and organizations supporting deaf people – Institutions and organizations offering employment assistance for women – Institutions responsible for professional reorientation programmes – Institutions providing trainings – Employers

A survey examining career needs of deaf women A website www.gluchamamapracuje.pl (no longer online)

Educational videos and a dictionary in the Polish Sign Language regarding the labor market, informational videos about Regional Labor Offices in Kraków and Katowice, a video "My story" in the Polish Sign Language, a model of innovation as a PDF document.

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Tak

– workers of Regional Labor Offices; – video producers;

training plans for workers of Regional Labor Offices; a website;