The objective of the We Lead project was improve the quality of tourism education in regards to the relevance of women leadership within the THL sector. We wanted to better equip women to use their skills to embrace leadership roles and empower them to face challenges, especially transitions towards climate neutrality. Therefore, our objectives in this project were to: - Equip educators with knowledge of current facts and best practices relating to challenges, development needs and opportunities faces by women in tourism, hospitality and leisure. - Develop pedagogic and digital competencies of 60+ educators aligned with the principles of SDG5 to develop practical skills needed to become agents of change. - Empower women to nurture their leadership skills and become confident about taking on greater challenges in their professional careers. - Improve the health of our planet by creating awareness of associated links between tourism and climate change and how successful female leadership is in the realm of climate action. - Build the capacity of 40+ industry players and stakeholders across Europe so that they become advocates for gender balance and equity in THL. - Actively share and promote the project and make our resources ac
We applied for this project as the relationship between tourism and gender equality has not been paid as much attention as we think it should. According to the UNWTO tourism can present both opportunities and challenges for women, therefore making the gender equality perspective highly relevant. This added to the fact that tourism has the opportunity to play a pivotal role in achieving the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, we believe that a project such as this is highly relevant and beneficial for the THL sector in Europe. The primary needs addressed by this project were therefore to focus on INCLUSIVE & DIVERSE environments that foster a reduction in gender disparity among women in the THL sector while aligning our efforts with the SDGs & CLIMATE-ACTION. Additionally, we wanted to address the needs of educators to deliver relevant competences to their students with educational resources that UPPSKILL TEACHING STAFF and integrates sustainability and SDGs across all teaching, as well as addressing educators need to develop their students' leadership skills and soft skills in areas such as problem framing, critical thinking, futures proficiency and ethics.