“Anna Karamanou at the Karpathos Conference on the Leadership Role of Women in Tourism!”

“The Leadership Role of Women in Tourism: The Case of Karpathos” is the topic that will be presented at the Conference to be held in Karpathos.

The conference titled “TOURISM-CULTURE-TRADITION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES – TRENDS AFTER THE CRISIS PERIOD.”
It will take place on June 28 and 29, 2021, at the municipal amphitheater in the capital of Karpathos.

The 2019 report from the UNWTO informs us that the majority of the global tourism workforce is female: 54% compared to 39% in the wider economy. Furthermore, the majority of Tourism Ministers are women: 23% of Tourism Ministers compared to 20.7% of all Ministers. Thus, tourism offers women more opportunities for economic independence, successful entrepreneurial activity, the elimination of gender inequalities, and numerous opportunities for leadership roles. “Tourism leads to the empowerment of women worldwide,” emphasizes the UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili.

The wage gap is smaller in the tourism sector.

In Greece, 30% of entrepreneurs operating in the sector or working in senior management positions are women, one of the highest percentages globally. The professional involvement of women in tourism and the added value they create benefit innovation, the work environment, corporate responsibility, and efforts for the sustainable development of the sector (Kountoura, 2019).
However, women employed in the tourism sector often face challenges related to working conditions, entrepreneurship, education and training, assuming leadership positions, as well as gender stereotypes at the local level…
The women of Karpathos, known for their dynamism, play a leading role in highlighting the island’s unique cultural elements, preserving the customs and traditions of folk culture, and attracting significant interest from visitors… Olympos is considered a folklore paradise…

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Anna Karamanou

Former Member of the European Parliament (1997-2004) and President of the Parliamentary Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.

She studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a degree in Greek and English Philology, a Master’s in European and International Studies, and a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration.

She worked for 23 years at OTE, where she developed trade union and feminist activities. Additionally, she served as an expert in two networks of the European Commission focused on gender equality.

Publications:

• Greek Women in Education and Employment, 1984. published by OAED, Athens.
• Social Security and Gender Equality, 2002. Edition S&D Group of the European Parliament.
• “The Changing Role of Women in Greece”, 2003, in, Greece in the Twentieth Century, ELIAMEP, Frank Cass, London Portland
• “‘Η Dimension of Gender at International Politics“, 2007,International and European Politics, journal,^4th issue, April 2007, Athens
• “ What Europe Do We Want? From EMU to Political Integration,” Civil Society, issue 14, September 2008, Athens.
• “The European Orientation of Turkey and Its Impact on the Position of Women: From Kemalist Modernization to Political Islam”,
  2008, in the collective volume.
  Gender Equality Policies – European Framework and National Practices, Panteion University,
  edited by Maria Stratigaki, published by Panteion University, Gutenberg, Athens
• “Multiculturalism, Human Rights, and Gender Equality,” 2011, collective publication, Intercultural Dialogue in the EU after the Lisbon Treaty, published by Indiktos, Athens
• “Europe and Women’s Rights: Europeanization in Greece and Turkey – A Comparative Analysis,” 2015, published by Papazisis.
• Many articles and interviews in Greek and international journals and newspapers, as well as numerous essays and speeches for meetings and conferences. Among others, at the universities: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panteion University, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and universities in the USA: Harvard, Boston, South-Eastern, and Georgetown. Turkey: Bilgi and Izmir, Cyprus: University of Cyprus.

Her book “The Peaceful Uprising of Female Sapiens (1821-2021)” is forthcoming, set to be released in the fall.

[email protected]

Phone: 210-7775223, 6944302328