As part of the WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy) and LIGHT (Local Initiatives for Green Housing Transitions) projects, 5 online workshops were held throughout November 2025 and February 2026, co-organized with Utcajogász Association and Menedék Association, and moderated by Ana Stojilovska, Sára Szabó, and Lili Szücs from the Institute for Political Science. The workshops focused on a variety of issues that women face, from labor market exclusion, housing precarity, and social welfare to legal issues. Altogether 35 participants attended the workshops, and two of them were held in Hungarian and three of them in English, targeted at the international community living in Hungary.
The first two workshops were titled “CV workshops” (one in Hungarian and one in English) and were held on the same day, on the 13th of November 2025. Their main aim was to strengthen women’s participation in the labor market by improving their CV writing skills. By the end of the workshops, apart from providing feedback on everyone’s CV, attendees received advice on how to tailor CVs to certain positions and what to include or leave out of CVs.
The third workshop was held on the 17th of February (in Hungarian) and co-organized with experts from the Utcajogász Association. This workshop’s focus was on educating attendees on housing and social rights in the context of Hungary. The topics covered included tenants’ rights, a checklist for rental contracts, rules about address registration, and social welfare benefits. Participants also had the opportunity to ask the legal experts questions, and they received personalized help by the end of the session.
Lastly, the fourth and fifth workshops were co-organized with Menedék Association and were held on the 25th and 26th of February (in English). The first workshop focused on residence permits and rights for third-country nationals in Hungary, and the second one on housing and energy poverty among migrant women in the Hungarian context. During these workshops, participants obtained tailored information on issues related to their residence permits, how their studies and employment are affected, and how to navigate the housing market in Hungary.
The events were co-founded by the European Union (CERV program) and the European Climate Foundation.