Joan Jeanneret

How do we create an environment in Switzerland that makes it easier for migrant women to earn a living?

Joan Jeanneret (VD)

Current field of activity: Project coordinator "Colored migrant women empowerment project"
UN sustainability goals:
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls for self-determination (SDG 5)
Reduce inequality within and between countries (SDG 10)

Joan Jeanneret comes from Kenya. She studied "Community Development" in Australia and has worked in various roles as a development and family facilitator. After moving to Switzerland, she, like many other migrant women, encountered systemic obstacles that lead to women with a migration background being disproportionately dependent on social welfare. Joan Jeanneret wants to change this and create more opportunities for women with an immigrant background to initiate social changes themselves and to be able to work for more inclusion at the political level.