Title: FEMpower!
Dates: 16 – 24th August 2018
Place: Birmingham, UK
Aims of the project:
Whilst UK feminism is closely associated with the suffrage movement under influential figures such as Emmeline Pankhurst during the late 1800s, it has continued to accelerate into the modern day. Recent campaigns have covered a wide range of issues that girls and women continue to face daily, from This Girl Can, aimed at encouraging women to participate in sports, to the #MeToo movement on social media after the Harvey Weinstein allegations emerged. It also includes issues that women face every day, such as the gender pay gap, in which the 2015 European economy saw women earning 16.3% less than their male counterparts on average. Whilst international bodies such as the European Commission have pledged to promote gender equality through eliminating the gender pay gap, including women in decision-making processes and ending gender-based violence, disparities between the genders continue to exist. FemPower! will enable youth workers to learn about the various aspects of gender-based discrimination, allowing them to become promoters of gender equality on local, national and international scales.
Project objectives:
– To understand the causes of gender discrimination. This will consider the religious cultural ‘norms’ of some societies, the assumed roles of different gender based on characteristics and stereotypes, and the lack of facilitation for women in employment and education.
– To learn about the different forms of gender-based discrimination. This includes the gender pay gap, the types of jobs typically taken up by women/men, gender-based violence, and the expected roles of women in society.
– To discover any disparities between gender-based discrimination across Europe. This will be primarily discussion-based, and thus participants from each country will be able to contribute if they feel comfortable doing so.
– To teach participants about the various feminist movements, both those which are ongoing and in the past, to help them come up with their own campaigns and ideas for future projects and cross- European collaborations.
– To promote cultural awareness among the participants, encouraging an understanding of different nationalities and languages.
Profile of participants:
– Young people aged between 18 and 26 (no age limit for the leader);
– People of both genders who express an interest in gender discrimination, but may not know a great deal about it;
– Youths of different religions and cultures;
– Youths from disadvantaged backgrounds, whether it be socially or geographically. This will allow our project to expose them to educational opportunities and social networks which may not have been available otherwise;
– Young people which have had no/minimal exposure to the Erasmus+ programme;
– A working knowledge of English.
– YOU CANNOT BE ENROLLED ON THE EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) AT THE TIME OF THE YOUTH EXCHANGE.
-Having a Bulgarian citizenship
Insurance:
For the project, you will be required to have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which can be acquired for free from your health authorities, and it can be used across the EU. Private insurance is optional (the responsibility of participants), and the price varies depending on the provider and issuing country.
WE WILL REQUIRE A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR EHIC CARD FOR THE PROJECT, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ONE!
Participating countries: UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Greece
Accommodation and transport:
Accommodation venue: To be confirmed . The first meal will be dinner on the 16th August, and the last meal will be breakfast on the 24th August. Participants with special food diets must inform the project organisers BEFORE the project on the application form, so that we can arrange alternatives.
Reimbursement:
The maximum reimbursement will be 360 per participant from Bulgaria. Before purchasing the tickets the participants need to get confirmation from the coordinator of the project at national level.
Participation fee:
Each participant will be requested to pay fee of 50 euro to the receiving organization in UK upon arrival.
If you are interested in and would like to take part in please fill the from here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduhBmS5FXONO3QkCiLOLJMbSpc5SOT-8EbaLIc_vAZW1ulOg/viewform?c=0&w=1
Deadline: 30 June 2018
