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Published on: 12 May, 2016
International Training Course: Challenge 2 Change: Gender Perspectives in Europe
Armenian Progressive Youth invites youth workers, youth leaders and project managers working on gender equality projects to join an International Training Course "Challenge 2 Change: Gender Perspectives in Europe".
Training Course will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from 27 June to 5 July, 2016. Participants from Armenia, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine and the UK are invited to apply!
Description of the Course:
Training Course aims at increasing the awareness of youth workers on gender equality concepts and perspectives in Europe as well as providing them with skills to develop good quality local and international projects focusing on promoting Gender Equality.
We believe it is important to enable youth workers to feel and reflect about the power of gender and gender roles by giving them space to discuss, debate and learn more about the topic that often remains undiscussed.
That is why with this Training Course we would like to tackle these issues and look for solutions in our organizations and daily lives. We would like to develop and improve our participant’s knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender issues, analyze traditions, roles and perceptions of gender in different countries and societies. It's obvious that there will be huge differences as participants will come from different realities and different corners of Europe.
Through participation in different scale of activities as discussions, presentations, field visits and conference participants will exchange their skills and experiences on gender mainstreaming, gender discrimination, gender violence and gender perspectives in different parts of Europe. Participants will also learn about realities in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus, particularly in Armenia.
The objectives of the Training Course are following:
- To learn about gender equality concepts and perspectives in the European Union and Neighboring Partner countries;
- To exchange experiences between youth workers and youth leaders on the difficulties to find a gender balance in terms of participation of women;
- To develop participants knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender issues and emphasize the importance of gender equality in youth work;
- To promote gender equality in youth work and international youth projects;
- To facilitate networking process among participants and promote new common projects related to gender equality;
- To develop the quality of support systems for youth activities and capability of youth organizations to create new partnerships.
Developing further projects and strategies for the promotion of Gender Equality on European and national levels will be the main outcome for the organizations involved in the project. Furthermore, we will discover what has been done so far and the role of youth work and youth organizations in the promotion of Gender Equality. Detailed daily program is attached.
Financial Conditions:
Being selected for this course, the program covers 80% of travel costs (plane ticket, train ticket, bus ticket). All costs related to accommodation, food, educational materials, cultural trips and study visits relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the organizers. Participation fee for participants from the Eastern Partnership countries and Russian Federation is 35 EUR. Participation fee for participants from the European Union Member States is 50 EUR.
Application deadline is 25 May 2016. Candidates are invited to apply online through the following link: https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/challenge-2-change-gender-perspectives-in-europe.5764/
Contact for questions:
Grigor Yeritsyan
Website: http://www.apy.am
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apypage/
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: (+374) 10 523870
Draft programme can be found here.