EMpower young women from ethnic minorities
A Training course designed for those working with young Ethnic Minority women - on how to use the European Youth in Action programme as a tool in a pathway to emancipate & empower these young women, developing leadership skills and competences. It is run from 18th May until 24th May 2008 by the SALTO Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Resource Centres in cooperation with the National Agencies of the United Kingdom and Denmark.
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Aims & Objectives
"There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women." - Kofi Annan
The SALTO "EMpower young women from ethnic minorities" Training Course aims to increase the use of the European Youth in Action programme in the work with young women with an Ethnic-Minority background (refugees, diverse minority groups, immigrants, etc.) as a tool for emancipation and empowerment.
In order to reach this aim, SALTO Inclusion & Cultural Diversity put forward the following objectives:
- Bringing together (male and female) youth workers, social workers, peer educators & organisations working with young women with an ethnic-cultural background and to exchange working practices with the target group and the issues in question
- Exploring the possibilities and benefits of the European Youth in Action programme (group exchanges, voluntary service, group initiatives, support and training) as a tool for working with this target group
- on the issues of their interest
- in the frame of their emancipation and empowerment
- in the frame of the development of leadership skills
- in the frame of development of single sex ('girls only') projects and mixed sex (young women from ethnic minorities and men) as a stepping stone into their emancipation process
- Developing project management skills in setting up international (Youth in Action Programme) projects with young ethnic-cultural women
- Working on concrete follow-up projects - within or without the Youth in Action programme - with partners from the course or others - and multiplying the skills and knowledge gained at the course (e.g. set up projects, cooperation with the NA, spread information, etc)
- Documenting the outcomes of the course in the format of a toolbox/ practical booklet for use by other youth workers working with young women from ethnic minorities
Programme
The programme will address the following elements:
- Getting to know the group and each other's organizations and interest in international projects
- Introduction and exchange of existing working practices with young girls with/from an ethnic cultural background/minority, and more in specific each other's methodology when aiming for emancipation and empowerment
- The potential of international projects and the European Youth in Action programme for working on young women from ethnic minorities immigrant issues, more in specific on emancipation, empowerment
- Setting up/ simulating a European Youth in Action programme project around young migrant women issues - project management skills & quality
- Overview of available resources and suggestions for follow-up and networking possibilities, relevant specifically for working with ethnic minority young women
- to see the complete programme schedule of the training course please click here
Methology
Since learning by doing is one of the most efficient ways of learning, the course concept will be conceived in a way that allows active participation and exchange between participants. It is built on participants' own experience, from real life or simulations, and work on concrete projects for the future. The training course will also draw upon the experience from external practitioners and lecturers on topics related to rural youth issues and/or the Youth in Action programme. The methods used are non-formal learning-based methods.
Team of Trainers
The course is co-ordinated and managed by Monomita Nag-Chowdhury from the & Ann Hendriks of the in cooperation with two representatives of the National Agency of the United Kingdom and Denmark.
The trainers team is formed by:
Participants
All selected participants are -
- directly working with young women with an ethnic cultural background - this can be male or female youth workers, social workers, educators, peer educators and others who are working with/organising projects for these young women from ethnic minorities (regardless if this is on voluntary or paid basis)
- having the interest and the possibility within their organization (green light from their hierarchy/colleagues!) to set up European projects and cooperation activities after the course - either with participants from the course, with the National Agency or other partner organisations
- having a good working knowledge of (international) English, the working language of the course
- willing to participate into a follow-up questionnaire 3-6 months after the training course
- resident in a member state of the European Union or Youth in Action Programme countries (6 places were available for Partner Country Regions [Euromed, Eastern Europe and Caucasus and South East Europe])
- for a detailed list of all participants please click here
Outcomes
A direct outcome of the SALTO TC "EMpower young women from ethnic minorities" is the booklet - which is a manual on how to set up international projects with young girls with an ethnic cultural background - based on the methods used at the TC "EMpower young women"
Author: Ann Hendriks / Contact: / Last modified: 2008-06-04
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