WACK project aimed to: "Promote the creation of new learning itineraries based on art to empower women to lead the fight against climate change". To achieve this objective, up to 5 specific objectives were proposed: 1. To address the obstacles that women face, helping to enhance their possibilities and increase the visibility of women; 2. To improve the skills of educators through the use of new innovative teaching methods based on art, which allow to increase motivation in learners and to learn new techniques to raise awareness about climate change; 3. To create new pathways to improve capacities to allow adult learners (especially women with fewer opportunities) to improve their key competencies and their involvement in the fight against climate change; 4. To increase awareness of climate change in both trainers and learners based on new art-based teaching and learning methodologies; 5. To create a consolidated cooperation network that allows to continue developing the main objective of the project in terms of inclusiveness of women artists and awareness of climate change.
The motivation for the project starts from the needs detected by the partners, but also from the alignment of the project with European policies and the needs of the citizens. Τhe EU is developing a strong policy against Climate Change, highlighting the EU Action for climate and the European Green Pact which aims for citizens and all parts of society to commit to action for the climate. On the other hand, the cultural and creative sectors are important to ensure the continuous development of societies and are at the heart of the creative economy. More importantly, they are central to a shared sense of European identity, culture and values. In economic terms, they show above-average growth and create jobs while reinforcing social cohesion. Gender Equality is also promoted by the European Commission to achieve economic independence between men and women, close the wage gap between men and women, promote the balance between men and women in decision- making, end gender violence. It is necessary to work with adult education through new art-based learning methods to address the problems faced by women and in parallel empower these women to lead the movement to fight against climate change.