UPre Women: Capacity building and employability programme for women from the marginalized Roma communities

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Based on socio-cultural norms in Roma communities, Roma women are experiencing the most intensive intersectional marginalization and gender-based discrimination and violence. Due to this fact, the project aims to widen the opportunities of Roma women from marginalized Roma communities (MRCs) in Dobšiná and Veľký Krtíš and increase their awareness about access to available livelihood opportunities. The project enables them to develop the determination and skills required to acquire a stable income and lift themselves out of poverty. The plan is to work with 40 Roma women from MRCs during a period of 20 months in an educational and personal development programme delivered by experts and expert organizations. The programme also systematically works with potential employers based near the MRCs to provide work placements for the women, who successfully complete the educational programme. The participants who find and sustain employment are encouraged to set up peer to peer groups. As part of the long-term vision for the programme, it is subsequently also planned to establish a Platform of inclusive employers.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project partners cooperate in the outreach activities, coordinate implementation of the training programme or gap bridging events and share and use their knowledge and experience of building the capacity of the unemployed Roma people to find and stay employed. The core goal of the UPre women programme is to enable and promote greater gender equality, Roma women inclusion and empowerment within the job market and combat discrimination. The educational and personal development part of the programme is designed to instigate a deep-level transformation and empowerment for the women from MRCs. </span></span></p>

Project partners

• Childhood to Children Project partner· Slovakia
• Community centre of minorities Project partner· Slovakia
• Employment agency of the Banska Bystrica self-governing region Project partner· Slovakia