PHOENIX Youth Work for Gender Awareness in the Euro-Mediterranean Context

PHOENIX project aims to enhance gender equity and young women empowerment by providing youth workers, peer educators, local organizations and international NGOs, in EU and Mediterranean countries, with new tools and methods, training modules and pedagogical approaches to raise youth awareness on gender-sensitive issues, both within the local communities and at international level. The project answers therefore to the specific objective of the call: anti-discrimination and gender equality. In order to achieve the goal, a set of specific objectives are identified:•SO1: to raise awareness on gender-sensitive topics and on the importance of sharing equal rights and opportunities, for men and women, in EU and Mediterranean countries•SO2: to exchange good practices in the field of gender equity and women empowerment, among civil society organizations•SO3: to develop youth work methods and tools for the socio-professional development of youth workers and facilitators, in order to further develop their skills and competences for the promotion of gender equity•SO4: to develop, test and launch pedagogical approaches, training schemes and non-formal learning mobility experiences in order to boost the participating organizations’ expertise in the gender framework•SO5: to enhance the active involvement of young people with fewer opportunities and groups at risk of exclusion, with a specific attention to young women so to foster their active participation in society.The work plan is designed to logically and efficiently reach the objectives and deliver the planned results and outputs in due time:•WP1: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION•WP2: RESEARCH – NEEDS ASSESSMENT•WP.3: MOBILITY PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION•WP.4: ORGANIZATION OF WORSHOPS•WP.5: COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION.