EMPOWERED
Empowering women for better employment
About
In the 21st century, women still shoulder a heavier burden of unpaid domestic labour when compared to their male peers. Their underrepresentation in industry sectors that offer more competitive salaries and in upper management positions makes them more vulnerable to unemployment situations and less likely to risk their financial security to increase their job satisfaction.
The EMPOWERED project creates a training programme to equip women with digital skills to better navigate the labour market and with soft skills to better endure daily psychological strains. All in all, it is expected that targeted women develop some of their technical competences and improve their notion of self-worth.
Target Audience
- Women who want to improve their employability
- Women facing socioeconomic and/or geographical obstacles
- Adult education providers and career counsellors
Activities
- Production of a state-of-the-art report with the challenges women face to change their employment status
- Creation of a training programme to upskill the digital competences of women and provide them with psychological empowerment tools
- Development of a handbook for teachers and trainers, career counsellors and institutions with guidelines and recommendations on how to use the resources produced in the scope of the project
- Building of a virtual community platform to connect women, trainers, counsellors, and institutions
PArtnership
- Mindshift Talent Advisory – Portugal
- Asociatia Culturala ARTEC – Romania (coordinator)
- Comune di Castiglione del Lago – Italy
- Found.ation Maker’s Place Private Company – Greece
- Wisefour Innovation and Development Organisation –Cyprus
Start-finish
01.11.2021 – 31.10.2023
Media
Programme
ERASMUS+, Strategic partnership for development of innovation
2021-1-RO01-KA220-ADU-000026741