On April 12, 2024, the first Forum of Working Women of Kazakhstan "Women at work: a time for new solutions" was held, organized by the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the International Labor Organization

Альмира Ауелбаева April 18, 2024

On April 12, 2024, the first Forum of Working Women of Kazakhstan "Women at work: a time for new solutions" was held, organized by the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the International Labor Organization. The forum was attended by Michaela Friberg –Stone, UN Permanent Coordinator in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Esther Lynch, Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation, Akmadi Sarbasov, First Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Denmark Espayeva, Deputy Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Elena Tarasenko, Deputy Chairman of the National Commission on Women and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Banu Nurgazinov – President of the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan and Sholpan Abikenova – Deputy Director General of the Confederation of Employers "Paryz" and 60 delegates from all over the republic. The forum discussed issues of implementing gender policy, ensuring social guarantees and labor protection for working women, and the ratification by the Republic of Kazakhstan of ILO Convention No. 190 "On the Elimination of Violence and Harassment at Work". After the plenary session, the forum continued its work in thematic sections, where participants discussed issues of promoting the principles of decent work for women and the potential of women in the sustainable development of society.

Three women took part in the forum from the Pavlodar region, one of whom, a representative of our company and the entire energy industry, Shiryaeva Elena Sergeevna, an engineer at the RSAT workshop, who was awarded a Letter of Thanks from the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We are all proud of our delegate and wish Elena further su