SIGMA: Strengthening Gender Mainstreaming in Youth Work
Erasmus+: Youth, Key Action 1: Training Course for youth workers
Venue: Yerevan, Armenia
Dates: 1—9 December 2021
The Training Course aims at building capacities of youth workers and youth educators in addressing gender issues and mainstreaming gender into the policies and activities of partner organizations. Additionally, the project aims at incorporating gender-sensitive approaches to their work with young people and the youth work provided by their organizations.
The Training Course seeks to build and improve the knowledge and understanding of participants on different concepts related to gender, examine customs, roles and gender attitudes in different countries and societies as well as focus on feminist movements and ideologies, and equality feminism (difference feminism). Moreover, Training Course will help the participants to understand the need for comprehension of gender equality in all the domains, including economic and political equality, equal access to rights and freedom from oppressive gender stereotyping.
Participants' profile:
- Youth workers aged 18-30
- Fluent in English
- Resident in one of the participating countries
- Available for the whole duration of the training course
IMPORTANT! This training course is only for YOUTH WORKERS!