Soroptimist International of Europe

In Amsterdam this year the Council of Governors granted 69’950 Euros for twelve women out of 26 applications.

The grantee from the Union of Belgium is a 34 years old Venezuelan with a training in Pharmaceutical Sciences who came to Belgium for personal reason. As her licence is not acknowledged in Belgium she was not able to carry on in her profession. She therefore has started a degree programme in Public Health at the University of Liège. The grant will support her during the last period of her studies.

For her research on the Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome (FAS) the 40 years old grantee from the Union of Bulgaria wants to spend some time at the research group of at the University Thessaloniki. The grant will cover her expenses abroad.

Belonging to the Romany Minority it is important for the 42 years old grantee from the Union of Finland to get a degree in Social Sciences at the University of Kuopio, which will enable her to work as a qualified teacher and train other teachers to face Romany children. The grant will support her towards her finals.

By pursuing a Postgraduate Studies Programme in Political Theory and Philosophy at the University of Thessaloniki the 42 years old grantee from  the Union of Greece wants to improve her professional position. The grant will cover her housing and living expenses during the last year of her studies.

The grantee from the Union of Iceland is 24 years old and has a degree in Comparative Literature. She is now a student at the famous Film Division of the Columbia University, New York, where only 6-8 percent of each year’s applicants are accepted and women are a minority. The grant will be a support and help her towards her finals.

To fully qualify as a layer the 47 years old grantee from the Union of Israel has to undertake one year training at a layer’s office meaning she has to resign from her present position. The grant will cover her living expenses and tuition fees.

Besides working the 30 years old grantee from the Union of Kenya is pursuing a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration at the Kenya Methodist University of Nairobi. With this degree she will be better qualified. The grant will cover her tuitions fees and administrative costs.

The grantee from Union  of Portugal is 30 years old and working as a Marketing Assistant. With a Post-graduate Programme in Marketing Research & Customer Relationship Management (CMR) at the University of Lisbon she can upgrade her education, as CMR is a key innovative technology becoming increasingly important in the field of marketing management. The grant will cover most of her expenses.

Even so she has to care for her two younger sisters and a brother the 26 years old grantee from the Union of Rwanda wants to finish her studies in Agro-Economy and Rural Development at the Institute of Agriculture and Breeding of Busogo. The grant will cover all her costs.

The 51 years old grantee from the Union of Sweden worked in Africa as a trainer of trainers in co-operative projects where she came aware of sociolinguistic challenges of sub-Saharan countries. So she started a PhD programme on official and non-official language management in Rwanda and Uganda at the University of Göteborg. The grant will cover her expenses at the last period of her studies.

The 20 years old grantee from Moldova will start a programme in Economy at the University of Moldova. The grant will cover the tuition fees and her living expenses.

To get a qualification in field of accounting where women are in minority the 21 years old grantee from Burkina Faso has to study abroad. She has been enrolled at the school of Management and Finances in Paris. The grant will cover the tuition fee at the last year of her programme.