Empowerment, Vitality and Assertiveness - Female Education in Mentoring 3 (EVA-FEM3)

EVA-FEM3 is the 3rd, improved edition of a project to empower young women and men between 14 and 29

Empowerment, Vitality and Assertiveness - Female Education in Mentoring 3 (EVA-FEM3) is the 3rd, improved edition of a project with young women and men between 14 and 29 who do not normally participate in sport and physical activity from several different types of disadvantaged backgrounds & through self-defence & martial arts, we will empower them to become more active, effective and selfconfident
people. The project objective is to specifically empower young women and girls, giving them a stronger sense of their identity, competences, value and strengths by exploring the self-confidence gained through the
increase of the knowledge of different tools, technology, use of communication skills and ultimately the exploration of the need to create the tools to do this. The context and objectives revolve around the topics of inclusion, technology, communication, social media, bullying, leadership, coaching and the empowerment of the young participants. Young females will come from different cultural and disadvantaged backgrounds including single parent families, orphans, disabled females, migrants, physical or sexual violence, stress or trauma, and victims from conflict or disaster. All will join together in activities and tasks and learn that everyone is "Different - just like me". Due to the diverse negative influences in the lives of the participants in EVA-FEM 2 they may feel unequal, unprotected,
unsafe and poorly motivated. The learning from this project will have a positive impact in improving their emotional and mental well-being as young people from vastly different backgrounds work together in non-formal activities Links between physical activity and improvements in results in formal education are widely accepted.
Non-formal and informal learning in EVA-FEM may be the first step along an alternative education pathway for people who, because of their social circumstance may not participate readily in the
formal education system. Much research on the benefits of martial arts confirms that people can enhance their physical capabilities in terms of Agility, Balance and Coordination (the ABCs of development) and begin a more healthy lifestyle which meets some of the aims of the Erasmus program. Whilst these benefits are of great importance, we also want to enhance learning around the psychological, emotional and
behavioural improvements that may be gained through inclusive martial arts and self-defence. Research on the physiological benefits for people who do martial arts shows that people can improve their social life and build better interpersonal relationships. The work of Ikkaido in related fields shows that Martial Arts are also a useful psychosocial tool to increase inclusion and integration of marginalised people. This has a positive effect on the minds of people and improves their motivation, self-confidence and esteem and provides a pathway for personal development.
The promotion of equity and inclusion will be important objectives of EVA-FEM in terms of removing barriers to equal access to physical activity and martial arts, and promoting the empowerment of young women through self-defence tools. EVA-FEM will increase understanding and tolerance of other people's cultures and their and the wider community's sense of equality & equity by showing them that they are equally valued members of society. In accordance with these objectives of the Erasmus program, the young women will learn informally
whilst assisting the partners in developing an informal and non-formal learning programme which will provide a psychosocial benefit to meet the needs of young women from difficult social and cultural backgrounds, people who have issues of being disadvantaged by discrimination in society or by their lived experiences of conflict, violence or disaster. The young women will discuss their issues and needs and all will learn how we might together develop empowering martial arts and self-defence tools and other methodologies to resolve those issues and help to meet these needs.
Martial arts will resonate for all of the participants aligning with the objectives of the project because they are concerned with self-regulation through control of body and mind. Martial arts are types of
self-defence which are well accepted amongst women because they is recognised by them as being useful in increasing independence and gaining a sense of security, self-confidence and well-being.
The activities will be based on the principles of non-formal and informal education promoting interaction and encouraging participants to learn by doing, joining in with a positive spirit. All the
participants and leaders will be involved in the ultimate learning outcome of a framework for a course of self-defence empowerment for young women and girls. We intend for this Framework to be further developed into elearning resources and workshops to provide long term benefits

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Project overview

Empowerment, Vitality and Assertiveness - Female Education in Mentoring 3 (EVA-FEM3) is a project by
Ikkaido

taking place
from 2019-07-01 till 2021-12-31

This project relates to:
Youth Exchanges, Strategic Partnerships, Capacity Building, Meetings between young people and decision-makers

and is focusing on:

Democracy/Active citizenship
Disability
Entrepreneurship
European citizenship
Gender equality
Human rights
Integration
Leadership
LGBTQ issues
Peace and conflict

This project can include young people with fewer opportunities like

Social obstacles
Economic obstacles
Disability
Educational difficulties
Cultural differences
Health problems
Geographical obstacles

Young females will come from different cultural and disadvantaged backgrounds including single parent families, orphans, disabled females, migrants, physical or sexual violence, stress or trauma, and victims from conflict or disaster. Each group of young people will be accompanied by leaders and carers for the participants who need extra support due their disability or circumstances. The group leaders will act as a reference point for each group and will provide the necessary help in case of difficulties or emergency. The accompanying persons will bring all the extra support needs and will help the participants both during the project activities and during their personal care. Planning and Preparation Meeting We will set up a preparatory Skype meeting and create an agenda for the planning for the General APV in the UK. Final travel and accommodation logistics will be discussed for the first exchange in the UK at the preparatory meeting. A three hour Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults course will be run by Ray Sweeney for all those who do not currently hold certification. Slides will be provided for each NGO to run the course in their home country for all adult carers and leaders. A social media policy will be created. Ikkaido will select the travel arrangements for all the participants through the closest or more suitable airport to Oxford. The participants will have to plan the travel from their locality to the aiport. They will have to pay for this cost and Ikkaido will process reimbursement once the participants present the receipts to Ikkaido. Accommodation will be chosen to meet the needs of the participants. Youth hostels or regular hotels will need to have meeting and training rooms large enough to accommodate the group as well as suitable accessible rooms. Special accommodation and transport may need to be booked for wheelchair users Risk assessments, a code of conduct, and Health & Safety Policy will be discussed at the project planning meeting which will be the first time that we will be able to identify each participant and the precise disability. or issue that they face Each person will have a European Health Card. Prior to each exchange, an APV will be required in each country to ensure the complete safeguarding and protection of the participants with disabilities and because of the nature of the issues faced by the other participants. Ikkaido will organize each exchange with the help of each partner organization. Ikkaido will book, with the help of each partner, the flights, bus and train tickets for all participants from their location to the place where the activity will run. Travel will be planned so that the whole group from each different country will travel together. The accommodation and food provided during each exchange will be organized jointly with the host organization. The accommodation during each exchange will be adapted to the needs of the participants. Adapted rooms and accessible hotels will be needed due to the participation of wheelchair users. This may have an additional cost and has been allowed in the Budget. The accommodation will be in double, triple or quadruple bedroom shared by participants from different countries. All of the partners have worked before in other exchanges and they therefore know of many suitable places for accommodation and food. Partners participation forms will provide information on any allergy, intolerance or other dietary need of the participants. During the exchange the timeline will be followed (although change can happen) so each activity will be developed as presented in the attached timeline. Two specialist carers/experts will be available and on-call 24 hours per day. One will be a male psychotherapist specialising in recovery and the other will be a female professional carer for people with disabilities. Each day we will provide "Safe Space" for individuals. They can make an appointment or just turn up. There will also be informal opportunities to spend time with the specialists. This time will be made available for the young women and girls to talk about their issues, some of which they may never have talked about, some may also be things that have cropped up on the exchange. This has been allowed for in the budget. We will require that accompanying persons will support each disabled participant and those with fewer opportunities during the exchange in the case, for example, that a participant gets sick , or there is an emergency. During the whole duration of the exchanges the participants will have the support of the professional carers, accompanying persons, leaders and staff of their organization and also of Ikkaido . During the project activities martial arts experts, coaches and staff members of the partner organisations will lead the sessions and the leader of each group will help with the correct development of skills and competences.

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http://otlas-project.salto-youth.net/10368