Migrant Women Empowerment

Young migrant women face challenges every single day. Apart from sharing their communities’ struggles, young migrant women systematically face double discrimination simply by virtue of being female and migrants. This includes not only discrimination from non-migrants but also within migrant the communities. Understanding that investing in young migrant women’s inclusion is essential for social changes, for the development of migrant communities and ensuring the rights of migrant women.

Women are considered to be people with a high degree of vulnerability not only in the field of training and employment, but also to raise awareness of equal rights, to overcome cultural stereotypes. For this reason, October 15 was the world day of women for 1.5 billion women around the world and over 5 million in our country. For all these reasons, 8 partners from8 EU and non-EU countries considered that the issue of equal opportunities among migrant women should be debated and promoted by creating new networks and partnerships thatin the future can help to promote and know the principles of equality of chances, which will later lead to the awareness of the rights of persons belonging to vulnerable groups ingeneral and to migrant women in particular.

The main goal of the project is – Creating and developing networks and partnerships between the 8 partners in order to generate at least 4 projects having as main theme the promotion of the principles of equal opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory barriers based on gender.

Objectives of the project:

• Sharing the personal, socio-educational and professional experience of 35 youthworkers from 8 partner and non-EU partner countries on the
  social integration ofwomen in rural areas;
• Promotion of tools and methods of non-formal education in the social integration ofmigrant women from Turkey and partner countries in the project;
• Creating partnerships and networks between the partner countries in the project toimplement social inclusion projects for women in rural areas.
• Improving key competences and promoting active citizenship among young people,social inclusion and solidarity, intercultural dialogue, promoting European cooperationin the youth field, social inclusion, European citizenship.and innovation.

Location: Izmir, Turkey

Date: 9 – 16 August 2021

Have these plans gotten you all excited? Register now! All costs, i.e.: travel, training costs, food and hotel accommodation, are reimbursed by the European Union.

There are a few requirements to participate:

• Participants must be at least 18 years old / between 18 and 30 years old.
• You must be proficient in the English language
• You must be living in the Netherlands or be in possession of a Dutch proof of identity.
• You must be in possession of a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
• You must be willing to be filmed during the sessions and workshops of the activities
• And to be a broad-minded person who can work together in a group
• The form below must be completed