Young women in Western Balkans rural areas are faced with multiple forms of discrimination. In rural areas often dominate the strong patriarchal values and gender inequality. Opportunities of communication, exchange and solidarity between young women from these areas and peers women from urban EU areas are weak. Improvement of specific communication skills and opportunity to meet and exchange experiences, difficulties and good practices among women from different countries and areas can strengthen WB rural women self-confidence and self-advocacy.General aim: - Increasing the capacity of young women in the Western Balkans rural areas, for achieving progress in equal opportunities.Specific objectives:-Build international solidarity between young women from Western Balkan rural communities and European urban communities through connecting and networking.-Enhance capacities of youth workers to facilitate and support social communication of young women.-Develop skills of assertive and art communication of young women to express their opinions and create an active impact in their communities - Increase interest and knowledge among WB young rural women on the European policies on gender equality and inclusion-Established celebration of the International day of rural women in communities involved in the project.The Project consists of 4 main activities:1) Mobility of youth workers - Training "Communication", Jelsa-Hvar, Croatia 6 youth workers from each partner organizations will learn and discuss about assertive communication, EU solidarity and gender policies. After mobility they will work on the production of video guide about assertive communication.2) Youth exchange - Workshop "Solidarity", Grocka, Serbia 5 young women from partner countries will discuss equality issues and decide on the message and visual solution of 6 murals to be painted in their local communities. The murals’ topic is women solidarity.3) Information and awareness campaignParticipants will be guided by professional visual artists and youth workers in realization of 6 murals. All the murals will be inaugurated on the UN International day of rural women.4) Final Conference, Mostar , Bosnia and HerzegovinaInternational conference "Women's Communication for Solidarity " will consist of 5 interactive panel discussion and an evaluation session. Participants: Youth workers working with the young women and young women, particularly from rural area (at least 2/3 of participants).Main results of the project are: video guide for assertive communication (6x5min.) and 6 murals (20m2 each) painted in public institution of every partner local community. Development of assertive and art communication skills enables active social participation, international solidarity and well-being of young women in Western Balkans. Increasing awareness and knowledge of young women on EU policies on social inclusion and women's rights is also an expected impact of the project.
Young women in the rural areas of the Western Balkans are faced with different forms of discrimination. In rural areas, strong patriarchal values and gender inequality are often dominated. Opportunities for communication, exchange and solidarity between young women from these areas and peers from urban areas of the EU are often poor. Improving specific communication skills and opportunities to learn and share experiences, difficulties and good practices among women from different countries and areas can enhance self-confidence and self-representation of women in rural areas of the WB. The development of assertive and artistic communication skills enables active participation in society, international solidarity and the well-being of young women in the Western Balkans. Increasing the awareness and knowledge of young women about EU policies on social inclusion and women's rights is also an expected impact of the project.General goal:- Increase the capacity of young women in the rural areas of the Western Balkans to achieve progress in equal opportunities.Specific goals:- Creating international solidarity among young women from rural communities in the Western Balkans and European urban communities through connecting and networking.- Increase the capacity of youth workers to facilitate and support the social communication of young women.- Developed assertive and artistic communication skills of young women to express their opinions and create an active influence in their communities- Increase interest and knowledge among rural women in rural areas on European policies on gender equality and inclusion-The celebration of the International Day of Rural Women in the communities involved in the project is established.The project consisted of 4 main activities:1) Mobility of youth workers - Training "Communication", Grocka, Serbia.Six youth workers from each partner organization learned and discussed about assertive communication, European solidarity and gender policies. After mobility, they worked on scenarios for making 6 short movies on assertive communication.2) Youth Exchange - Workshop "Solidarity", Jelsa, Croatia.Five young women from each partner organization discussed in international groups on issues of equality and solidarity and decided on messages and visual solutions of 6 murals that were later painted in their local communities. The theme of the murals is Women's solidarity.3) Information and awareness campaign in 6 cities, in each partner local communityParticipants were guided by professional visual artists and youth workers in the realization of 6 murals on public walls. Murals were revealed on the UN International Day of Rural Women. In each partner community, a press conference was organized and a public debate was held to promote the mural.4) Final Conference, Mostar, Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe International Conference "Women's Communication for Solidarity" consisted of 5 interactive panel discussions and final evaluation.Panel topics at the Conference were:"Women’s rights in rural and urban areas""Solidarity among young women from urban and rural areas""Perspectives of women’s activism today""European Union in the eyes of young women from EU and WB countries""Art and Women’s Activism"Participants: Young women and youth workers working with young women from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and France, especially from rural and suburban areas (at least 2/3 participants). A total of about 100 participants.The main results of the project: six short films on assertive communication (5min.) available on youtube and social networkssix murals (20m2 each) painted on public walls, one in each partner local community e-publication of the project with texts from the final conference