Power Up. Empowering and Upskilling women with a migrant background to foster their social and labour inclusion Erasmus Project

Project Title

Power Up. Empowering and Upskilling women with a migrant background to foster their social and labour inclusion

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Migrants’ issues; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Women and girls account for half of the world’s migrant population. According to EUROSTAT, this phenomenon is also represented in the European Union and in some countries as Spain and Portugal women represents more than 50% of the migrants.
Migrant women, newcomers, refugees and asylum seekers, addressed by the Power Up project as women with a migrant background face discrimination on the grounds of their origin and pre-existing gender based forms of vulnerabilities. They have to tackle many barriers that prevent them from accessing the formal labor market and from tacking part part of the social and political life.
It is crucial that women with a migrant background become aware of their individual and community strengths, as well as the skills to enforce their rights. Meeting their specific needs and equipping them with skills and competences, women with a migrant background will increase their opportunities and employability and therefore their social and labour inclusion.
It is about being able to recover the protagonism in the handling of their own lives to become independent and employable.

Taking into account the aforementioned context, the Power Up project aims the social and labour inclusion of women with a migrant background, by means of empowering and upskilling them.
Other actors play a fundamental role in promoting the social and labour inclusion of these women.
The Power Up project targets support professionals working with women with a migrant background (social workers, trainers, counsellors, psychologist, trainers and other staff) to develop their competences in order they to deliver an integral an successful intervention with these women.
The Power Up project also focus on the male members of women’s family and community as they play an important role in the empowerment of women through effective communication, understanding equity and breaking down stereotypes.
In addition, key stakeholders, policy and decision makers will be involved to promote sustainable programs and measures for labour integration that are gender-sensitive.

The consortium of the Power Up project is formed by four partner organizations from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain and Portugal, including social organizations directly working with women with a migrant background and a start-up focus on digital based solutions, training and soft-skills development.

The partnership will develop the following intellectual outpus:
– Power Up Desk research and field research: context analysis and needs
– Power Up E-Learning Hub
– Power Up Handbook of innovative techniques for professionals working with women with a migrant background.
– Power Up Guidelines and Policy Recommendations

The Power Up project integrates innovative methodologies and approaches, created by the partners, aimed to empower and enhance the competences of women with a migrant background for their self and professional development.

Dissemination and exploitation activities and multiplier events to promote and socialize the Power Up project and its main results will be developed in order to ensure a significant impact at local, regional, national and European level.

Project Website

https://powerupproject.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 105795,9 Eur

Project Coordinator

GENDER ALTERNATIVES FOUNDATION & Country: BG

Project Partners

• Mindshift Talent Advisory lda
• SOLIDARIDAD SIN FRONTERAS
• Matertera, z.s.