Main goal of the project ‘Developing Capacities of Organizations Working on Gender Inequality in Rural Areas’ is to increase capacities of the organizations representing Albania, Romania, Kosovo, Germany, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Serbia to deliver activities fighting the roots of gender inequality and leading to gender empowerment. Project objectives: 1. To equip the organizations by knowledge, tools enabling them to identify and to understand the roots of gender inequality in rural areas;2. To train staff of participating organizations to design and deliver activities addressing gender inequality and leading to empowerment;3. To increase community awareness in rural areas on the importance of empowering girls and women;4. To improve networking amongst involved CSOs and other stakeholders, support sharing best practices and developing new project ideas leading to creating more gender equal societies. Set project goal and objectives are in line with the vision of the organizations and their long term goals. The project reflects the European polices and priorities set by Europe 2020 including promoting gender equality and women’s rights across the world and integrating a gender equality perspective into all EU activities and policies including youth one. The project goal and objectives we will meet through series of capacity building and mobility activities. Key project results will be‘Guidelines for Youth Workers and Educators: How to Empower Young Girls and Women Coming from Rural Areas’, Booklet of Good Practices and new local, national and international projects addressing gender inequality.
1. To equip the CSOs by knowledge, tools enabling them to identify & to understand the roots of gender inequality in rural areas;2. To train staff of participating CSOs to design & deliver activities addressing gender inequality & leading to empowerment;3. To increase community awareness in rural areas on the importance of empowering girls & women;4. To improve networking amongst involved CSOs & other stakeholders, support sharing best practices & developing new project ideas.
Empowering Women and Girls it is very important for our society. Through this project we aimed to address gender inequality and to empower girls and women in rural areas. It means that the project will equip girls by new competencies that they can use while getting involved in the community live and decision making processes. Empowerment of girls and women is essential step of creating socially inclusive societies and economic growth.
<< Background >> Empowering Women and Girls it is very important for our society. Through this project we aimed to address gender inequality and to empower girls and women in rural areas. It means that the project will equip girls by new competencies that they can use while getting involved in the community live and decision making processes. Empowerment of girls and women is essential step of creating socially inclusive societies and economic growth. << Objectives >> 1. To equip the CSOs by knowledge, tools enabling them to identify & to understand the roots of gender inequality in rural areas;2. To train staff of participating CSOs to design & deliver activities addressing gender inequality & leading to empowerment;3. To increase community awareness in rural areas on the importance of empowering girls & women;4. To improve networking amongst involved CSOs & other stakeholders, support sharing best practices & developing new project ideas. << Implementation >> The project implementation went through some adoptions as a response to Covid 19 pandemic and the price inflation. The most of the activities were carried out, fulfilling the objectives of the project, and with few changes in the dates and venues, we managed to score the maximum impact. Capacity building activities were also affected, yet this did not affect the overall aim of the project. We implemented 3 mobility activities, and capacity building in four countries. << Results >> 7 partner CSOs have increased knowledge & tools to identify and understand the root causes of gender inequality in rural areas.Their staff was trained in designing and delivering activities that address gender inequality and promote empowerment.Community awareness in rural areas about the importance of empowering girls & women has increased.Networking amongst involved CSOs and other stakeholders has improved, resulting in sharing of best practices and development of new projects on this topic