Women Empowerment through Sport Erasmus Project

Project Title

Women Empowerment through Sport

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 : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

“Women empowerment through sport” (WETS) is a 24 months Capacity Building in the field of Youth project, which involved 6 organisations from Europe (Bulgaria and Italy), Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) and Asia (Nepal and Philippines). The project developed, tested and speed new educational methodologies for women empowerment through sport and enhanced the capacity of the partner organisations and the involved individuals. During the project:- the partners shared, transfered, improved and developed tools and practices for young women empowerment through sport.- youth workers and leaders were trained on non formal education and how to use sport to empower young women.- the partners created a web-page, which is serveing as a communication platform for all partners even after the end of the project.- a long-term sustainable trans-continental network of organisations working toempower young women through sport was created. – the state of young women empowerment programs in the involved countries was researched and general research for all involved countries was conducted. – the partners brought social change through Awareness raising activities and Sport event “Women empowerment through sport” on national level in the involved countries, regional and world level.In order to reach the objectives, six organisations from six countries from threecontinents delivered a set of six events that during the life-cycle of the project in ageographically diverse locations:1.Kick-off Meeting in Italy with hosting organisation Mine Vaganti NGO in March 2018.2.Training Course “Sport – the power of women empowerment” implemented in Kenya with hosting organisation Neema Community Based Organisation in the end of May 2018.3.Job Shadowing “Football for Empowerment” in the Philippines with hosting organisaiton Bridging the Gaps in August 2018. 4.Leaders’ Transnational Meeting in Nepal with hosting organisation “Go Sports Nepal” in October 2018. 5.Youth Exchange “Youth Power” was implemented in Tanzania with host Chamwino Arts Center in February 2019. 6.Closing Conference “Women empowerment through sport” was held in Tanzania in May 2019.WETS contributed to the two main objectives EU Youth Strategy – it provided more and equal opportunities for young women in education and the job market and provided opportunity for young people form 6 countries to actively participate in society. Furthermore, the project contributed to Education and training 2020 (ET 2020) objectives, including Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training and Promoting equity, social cohesion, and active citizenship. The diversity of the Partner Consortium, regarding their geographical location and at the same time having same aims ensured a relevant and high quality project results(handbook with good practices, research, videos, reached target group over 2000young women, etc.. The partners from Asia, Europe and Africa and gave opportunities to the youth they work with to join them as well as the partners from Italy, Kenya, The Philippines, Nepal and Tanzania hosted international mobility. Women empowerment through sport” created long-term impact on the wide range of stakeholders involved, at individual, organisational and systemic level. The impact can be felt even beyond the project’s lifetime and beyond the organisations involved.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 145305 Eur

Project Coordinator

CHAMPIONS FACTORY & Country: BG

Project Partners

• MINE VAGANTI NGO
• GO SPORTS NEPAL
• NEEMA COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATION
• BRIDGING THE GAPS ORGANIZATION BTGINC
• CHAMWINO ARTS CENTER