Manifold more - Leverage to the professional careers of immigrant background women

Manifold More project aimed to promote diversity in working life and advance career paths of highly educated women with immigrant background.

The project will produced new research-based information about the challenges as well as skills and positions in working among highly educated women with immigrant background in Finland. The new information will be used to improve the work life and practices within expert organisations.

The project consisted of three components which aimed to:

1.  Manifold more in expert organizations: create gender-sensitive and diversity promoting human resource practices in expert organisations
2. Manifold more professional careers: strengthen the expertise and employment of immigrant background women and the diversity understanding in society
3. Manifold more understanding in society: challenge stereotypes associated with immigrant background women through research and expert communications

Partners and funding

The project was led by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and partnered by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH).

European Social Fund (ESF) funded the project.

Contact information

Shadia Rask
Research manager
THL
tel. +358 29 524 8537
email: [email protected]