The 2023 International Labour Organization (ILO) youth survey revealed that in Tunisia and Egypt, 80% of youth aged 15-29 worked informally while youth inactivity reaches 17% in Spain and 25% in Türkiye (Education at a Glance 2023 report). The same report claims that for multiple reasons young Mediterranean women are much more vulnerable and affected by dropping out of school and precarious employment. International reports indicate that inadequate learning and skills are key factors contributing to high NEET (youth Not in Employment, Education or Training) rates. Most education systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region do not focus on developing critical thinking and other skills necessary for the labour market and active civic life.
Fempowerment: Fostering Women’s Empowerment
Project Budget
EU Contribution
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Partners
- To co-design and develop a transnational training program for Mediterranean youth CSOs, blending digital and face-to- face methods, focusing on engagement as a key skill for employment and addressing regional challenges through social and artistic innovation.
- To support and engage young Mediterranean people to advocate for positive changes in Mediterranean societies through the implementation of concrete local and transnational creative actions and promoting original projects.
- Trained 200 young people from Türkiye, France, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt, co-developing and applying innovative learning methods that fostered engagement and enhanced employment skills – digital, creative, and analytical – while addressing Mediterranean challenges.
- Strengthened young people’s civic actions.
- Fostered a transnational participatory dynamic.
- Co-design of a pedagogical framework for the MedYCI training program developed by young Mediterranean participants and experts across five regions.
- Creation of a multidisciplinary team of 30 trainers.
- 5 MedYCI training sessions implemented across 5 countries, directly engaging over 200 youngsters.
- Establishment of five MedYCI studios which will be fully operational to enhance creative young participants skills in each region.
- Strategic recommendations for the Mediterranean Youth Council ensuring they are informed by diverse youth perspectives across the Mediterranean.
- 5 showcases of 50 innovative ideas for a better future of the Mediterranean.
- 25 simultaneous local creative engaged actions executed by youth, across the Mediterranean.
- •10 transnational webtv show (Medtalk) created by MedYCI trained Mediterranean youth.
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Objectives
Currently in the EU there is still gender inequality. Women as of yet do noy have same and equal opportunities in society, either it be work, status, power. This issue has an impact on women’s career and lives and therefore, there is a dire need to bring awareness regarding gender gaps and how these serious issues affect negatively all of society. In this day and age, we have to try as much as possible to eliminate gender inequality. Just to give an example that is quite serious according to official EU data gender pay gap of men vs women is 13% lower for women something that is quite unacceptable for this modern era. There is pay discrimination which affect the life of half the population of Europe. Women are also affected negatively overall in leadership positions. It is about time that NGO’s like Dione and others fight to combat that negative gap and to erase inequality as soon as possible. Besides this is an EU official policy. Our project was in line with EU Directives of 2019-2027 Erasmus projects based on EU goals regarding gender policies for inclusive societies that fosters women’s rights and justice for both genders. We wanted to bring about changes awareness regarding inequalities and we firmly believe that projects such as the one we did bring about positive changes.
Objectives of the project
Specific objectives for this project were as follows.
1. Was to decrease the empowerment gap between women and men in respective countries of this project.
2. To increase chances of women in entering the business world.
3. To increase awareness on discrimination against women in the labor market.
4. To increase entrepreneurship skills.
5. To empower youth workers to advocate the concept of women vis a vis women entrepreneurial sector.
6. To raise awareness about the reality of women in the business sector.
7. To expand net working of women vis a vis the business sector.
8. To work through best practices that can bring about these quantitative and qualitative changes.
9. To show analogies, discuss how networking can occur, explore tools via EU platforms that can assist in fostering positive change and to instill the device and the synergy that is needed so as to bring about results in changing the EU for the better and for the future.
10. To bring about an effective mindset, discuss strategies on how best to bring about change in the work areas.
Implementation
From the very beginning we tried to have this project as structured as possible so that effective learning can take place.
1. As soon as participants arrived/settled and during the first day of work along with team leaders, instructors gave overview of what was to follow and we had a group discussion about the goals of the project.
2. Sessions followed by instructors that gave a brief course about women in history and their contributions. Hold quizzes.
3. Sessions by instructors abo
Partners
FUTURE IN OUR HANDS NGO 🇦🇲 Armenia
STR TARTU 2 31 KOTAYK REGION
2201 ABOVYAN
Armenia
🇦🇲 Armenia
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Website: https://www.fioh-ngo.com
Phone: +37498558861
JUGEND, BILDUNG UND KULTUR EV 🇩🇪 Germany
ALTENESSENER STR. 122 B
45326 ESSEN
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
🇩🇪 Germany
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Website: https://jubuk.wordpress.com/
Phone: +491732674736
Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development 🇪🇬 Egypt
13 Sphinx Square, the #9 floor, above the Egyptian National Bank
12655 Giza
Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Website: https://www.facebook.com/myfmed/
Phone: +201111661304
ProActiv pentru Comunitate 🇷🇴 Romania
Strada 9 Mai 15B
905500 Mangalia
Sud-Est
🇷🇴 Romania
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Website: https://www.procomunitate.ro
Phone: +40747338858
Project card
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project includes:
Project Status
Completed
Start date
01-07-2023
End date
31-08-2024
Countries covered
5
Programme
Erasmus+
Key Action
Learning Mobility of Individuals
Action Type
Mobility of youth workers