LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Women in Italy: Eastern Europe
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Women's numerical predominance is visible ... in the Information Technology (IT) industry. In the major European telecommunications companies, delivering either equipment or services, there has been a growth in the demand for employees with computer literacy and knowledge of software. Women have gained a fair share of the new employment, but are characteristically congregated at the level of the lower cadres, in assembly-line data-entry or low-level office work (see Figure 2.2). In the next phase of automation, these feminized, repetitive, new-tech jobs ate the ones that are likely to disappear (Mister et al., 1993, p. 22). The picture in the poorer parts of the world is the same.
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AIMS The main purpose of this millennium conference is to provide a forum for the exchange and critical appraisal of contemporary fundamental and applied research in the areas of gender, Women's Studies and feminist theory. The key words: Body/Gender/Subjectivity will be addressed through a range of disciplinary fields, theoretical trends and methodological practices. The aim is to be inclusive and wide-ranging, while ... providing a rigorous framework of analysis. Special attention will be given to the issue of the next generations of women's, gender and feminist studies practitioners. Issues related to the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural structure of contemporary Europe will be high-lighted. Moreover, throughout this conference the new communication and information technologies will be extensively used as tools and also discussed as a research area.
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There are various United Nations agreements that work to stop the trade in women, including studies and reports completed by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in regard to the working conditions of the women who are trafficked. National laws exist which govern how the women are treated after arrest and regarding deportation in accordance with immigration laws, there has ... been an effort on the part of the European Union to regulate the trafficking and smuggling of women in light of migration laws.
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Prostitution is legal in Italy (Merlin Law of 1958) so it is technically illegal for the police to deport foreign prostituted women. Women who seek assistance from police are deported because they do not have a valid resident's permit. (European Race Audit Bulletin No. 25, The Institute of Race Relations, London UK, 25 November 1997)
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