Laurence Costes, Hakima Mounir
Women Far from Employment Facing the Test of Inclusion
Číslo: 1/2024
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: social policies, inclusion, integration through economic activity, remobilization actions, support
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVE: In order to promote integration through economic activity for people who have
strayed a long way from employment, France is developing local social and professional support
policies such as what is termed “remobilization” schemes. Based on research conducted with women
who have taken part in these schemes, this article aims at reviewing the effects of such measures
on the inclusion and integration of women into the labour market. THEORETICAL BASE:
The theoretical approach stands between authors who believe that social intervention measures
aim to control and assist beneficiaries and those who, on the contrary, favour a conception of
beneficiaries as strategists and utilitarians. METHODOLOGY: The methodology is based on an
ethnographic approach based on observation and interviews. OUTCOMES: The results underline
that the effectiveness of these schemes lies mainly upstream of professional integration: while
participation in these actions does not necessarily lead to employment, it does constitute a first step
for these women in the face of the test of social inclusion. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS:
Regarding these implications for social work, the results show that a less vertical relationship
between the person being supported and the professional would encourage access to emancipation.
Encouraging diversity in the training offered would therefore help to steer women towards jobs
that are not confined to care work.
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strayed a long way from employment, France is developing local social and professional support
policies such as what is termed “remobilization” schemes. Based on research conducted with women
who have taken part in these schemes, this article aims at reviewing the effects of such measures
on the inclusion and integration of women into the labour market. THEORETICAL BASE:
The theoretical approach stands between authors who believe that social intervention measures
aim to control and assist beneficiaries and those who, on the contrary, favour a conception of
beneficiaries as strategists and utilitarians. METHODOLOGY: The methodology is based on an
ethnographic approach based on observation and interviews. OUTCOMES: The results underline
that the effectiveness of these schemes lies mainly upstream of professional integration: while
participation in these actions does not necessarily lead to employment, it does constitute a first step
for these women in the face of the test of social inclusion. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS:
Regarding these implications for social work, the results show that a less vertical relationship
between the person being supported and the professional would encourage access to emancipation.
Encouraging diversity in the training offered would therefore help to steer women towards jobs
that are not confined to care work.