Social inclusion of migrant women through art, sport, civic education and group coaching Erasmus Project

Project Title

Social inclusion of migrant women through art, sport, civic education and group coaching

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Gender equality / equal opportunities; Migrants’ issues; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Migrant women face challenges and barriers as both migrants and women, namely, a double disadvantage that is also confirmed by research. Despite having tertiary education similar to that of native-born women and migrant men, migrant women face additional obstacles in labour integration process, such as discrimination, lack of networking, mismatching job needs and qualifications, family-related commitments. In order to improve their labour market integration, migrant women need support and guidance through their integration process, they must be informed on their rights and obligations in the host society, they must be empowered, they must have access to trainings and be able to take full advantage of their skills.
In this context the current project aims to apply a comprehensive approach providing networking opportunities, practical and transversal skills, assisting and facilitating the migrant women integration path into the EU societies through civics, art and sport coaching schemes, that could be an answer to the challenges they encounter.
The 4women project will be based on the partners’ practices that using the civics, art and sport, and especially the benefits of self-defence trainings and group coaching, could help to bring people from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds together and can contribute to the integration and inclusion of women with migrant backgrounds and therefore to the community cohesion.
To this end, the project aims to:
– Build a social integration model for migrant women linked with non-formal education and life-long learning (LLL) methods;
– Exchange knowledge and transfer good practices among partners on art, sport, civic education and group coaching of vulnerable adults;
– Empower migrant women towards social inclusion, civic engagement and participation in the EU societies;
– Provide awareness raising opportunities for stakeholders and general public to support migrant women in their integration process;
– Promote intercultural dialogue and strengthen knowledge and acceptance of social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity in society.
4women will increase the opportunities for social inclusion of all women, regardless of nationality, race and gender, using art, civics and sport values and taking into account the underlying European values.
Main target groups will be the adult education providers (social workers, trainers, coaches, mentors, etc.) working with vulnerable adult learners, and especially with migrant women, and the migrant women in 4 EU countries themselves, where their social inclusion was identified as a challenge by the partners’ experts.
The consortium brings together 5 organisations from Germany, Italy, France and Spain, each of them with specific expertise in the AE field. The transnational cooperation between public & private sector is strengthen through the involvement of associated partners, where public institutions will ensure sustainability of the 4women outputs.
The project duration is 24 months, calculated in order to implement correctly the planned action and achieve the project objectives. Main activities will be the development of Training Programme “Art, Civics, Sport & Coaching for Migrant Women’s Inclusion” for AEPs in 5 languages; JST where 15 staff members of the partners will exchange knowledge and practices on the developed training units; pilot tests with 150 migrant women in 4 EU Member States; local/regional dissemination events, where total of 125 representatives of the target groups are expected to assist; creation of 4women cross-border cooperation Network, website and project social group.
The methodological approach taken by 4women is based on common decision making, adopting the initiative of regular exchange of practices, aiming to ensure that all consortium members are involved in the project’s progress, being aware of specific strengths of particular partners. The working methodology establishes an organic approach where the local and transnational activities are in constant interexchange and nourish each other at the various stages of the project, while dissemination ensures its success and sustainability. By building a common training programme, addressing the needs of the target groups in 4 countries, provided in 5 languages, with the use of art, civics and sport activities, along with a training component on transversal skills, the 4women project answers the needs of women’s integration, while countering for gender equality and civic awareness at European level.
At long-term will be achieved improved independence, self-esteem and self-confidence of the migrant women through empowerment sessions and civic engagement; better relationship between migrant women and the host EU societies; promotion of new tools in the AE field for social inclusión of vulnerable learners; transfer of knowledge and best practices between AEPs in the partner countries and the rest of the EU, thanks to the planned 4women follow-up activities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 57599 Eur

Project Coordinator

BIDA e.V.Kultur und Bildung & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Le Diwan des Mille et Un Mondes
• Club Deportivo de Judo Finisterre Laguna de Duero
• European Integration and Training Centre ALPHA
• IL FILO D ARIANNA