Title: Fostering Gender Equality through Youth Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming in Youth Work – FEMPOWER
Dates: TC in Armenia – 22-30 July 2017 / Study visit in UK 11-16 September 2017
Venue: TC – Yerevan, Armenia Study visit – London, UK
Aim :
European Union and the UK deserve credits for having tackled gender issues for a long time, however, gender equality situation both in the EU, the UK and the Neighboring countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Caucasus remains unsatisfactory. Conservative, discriminating values are hard to tackle, with clearly defined roles for men and women, gender stereotypes and issues with the expression of gender identity and sexual orientation. It is very important to enable youth workers and young leaders to feel and reflect about the power of gender and gender roles by giving them space to discuss, debate and learn more about the topic that often remains undiscussed.
It is very important to enable youth workers and young leaders to feel and reflect about the power of gender and gender roles by giving them space to discuss, debate and learn more about the topic that often remains undiscussed. That is why with this Training Course we would like to tackle these issues and look for solutions in our organizations and daily lives. We would like to develop and improve our participant’s knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender issues, analyze traditions, roles and perceptions of gender in different countries and societies. It’s obvious that there will be huge differences as participants will come from different realities and different corners of Europe.
General Objectives:
The main aim of the 2 stage project is to increase the awareness of youth workers and youth leaders about gender equality issues and perspectives in Europe and to provide the participants with skills to develop good quality projects locally and under the “Erasmus+” program focusing on the topic of Gender Equality.
The objective of the Training Course and Study Visit are following:
- To learn about gender equality issues by sharing and comparing the realities in the European Union and Neighboring Partner countries;
- To exchange experiences, best practices and knowledge between youth workers and their organizations on gender mainstreaming and women empowerment;
- To develop participants knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender and emphasize the importance of gender equality in youth work;
- To promote gender equality in youth work and international youth projects;
- To facilitate networking process among participants and promote new common projects related to gender equality;
- To develop the quality of support systems for youth activities and capability of youth organizations to create new partnerships under Erasmus+ program.
Profile of participants:
-Youth workers aged 18 and more;
-Ready to promote gender equality and combat gender based discrimination in their countries;
-Want to transfer gained knowledge to the youth in their organizations; Interested to develop competence and knowledge on the topic;
-Fluent in English;
-Resident of one of the participating countries.
-Available for the whole duration of the Training Course and the Study Visit.
Partner countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine
Travel budget for Bulgarian participants for mobility in Armenia: 275 euros
Travel budget for Bulgarian participant for mobility in UK: 360 euros
Travel reimbursement: 100% of the total travel expenses of TC in Armenia and Study Visit to the UK will be reimbursed by the organizers during the second stage of the project in the UK.
Participation fee :
There is a participation fee of 60 EUR to be paid in cash during the Training Course in Armenia. This is a participation fee for both stages of the project. The participation fee will be used to contribute to the administrative costs as well as extracurricular activities, such as excursion to a countryside, traditional dinner, etc.
NOTE: It’s mandatory the selected participants to be able to take part in both mobility- Armenia and UK
If you` are interested in and would like to take part in you can fill the from here :
Deadline: 25 June 2017
