{"id":4497,"date":"2021-03-08T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4497"},"modified":"2021-03-08T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:04:13","slug":"il-uhm-temmen-bil-fatt-li-n-nisa-ghandhom-ikunu-fpozizzjoni-ta-decizjonijiet","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-uhm-temmen-bil-fatt-li-n-nisa-ghandhom-ikunu-fpozizzjoni-ta-decizjonijiet\/","title":{"rendered":"UHM embracing equality with ever increasing number of women in decision-making positions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WomenUHM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WomenUHM.png 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WomenUHM-300x190.png 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WomenUHM-768x488.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>U\u0126M Voice of the Workers is endeavouring to increase women\u2019s participation at the highest levels of society, including at social partner level where important decisions are taken which impact families\u2019 livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evidence of such effort is the increase in the number of women within the union\u2019s structures including at management level. At present one of the three assistant directors at U\u0126M is a woman, while there are two female managers. Between them they cover public entities including Government agencies, the private sector including companies working with Wasteserv, education and the social sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to their determination, skills and perseverance these women succeeded despite the lingering stereotypes which might persist in certain quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U\u0126M has always encouraged and educated workers in favour of having equal representation on workplace committees. Whenever negotiating a collective agreement U\u0126M makes no distinction between the gender of its members as they all enjoy the same rights and conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWomen do not need others feel sorry for them as they have the potential to succeed. They just want to have the same level of opportunity as men rather than be treated different,\u201d U\u0126M assistant director Isabelle Farrugia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antoinette Aquilina, employment manager at U\u0126M, added that women should play a role in the decision-making process and should be represented at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U\u0126M Chief Executive Josef Vella said the union would keep doing its utmost in order to lead by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are planning to have more women in positions of responsibility within the union in order to fulfil our mission in the best possible way while practicing the principles which we stand for, that is against any form of discrimination between men and women.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U\u0126M Voice of the Workers is endeavouring to increase women\u2019s participation at the highest levels of society, including at social partner level where important decisions are taken which impact families\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4498,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[208],"issuem_issue_categories":[45],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4497"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4501,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4497\/revisions\/4501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=4497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}