WOMENTORS: Young women's empowerment

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">According to the Gender Equality Index 2017 Greece ranks last in EU28. The pay gap for equal work is high, women's access to decision-making centers is limited, their access to the labor market is lower than men's &amp; is realized under worse terms. Responsibilities related to household &amp; family care disproportionately burden women. Violence against women is a problem across Europe. The project involves multi-faceted empowerment of young women through training &amp; capacity building leading to greater participation, decision-making power &amp; transformative action in order to take full control of their lives in relation to their economic/resource base, the public/political arena allowed to them by society, the balance between work – family – personal life, &nbsp;their health &amp; wellbeing, their equal rights in the labor market &amp; in all life sectors. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">177 female students will be trained as leaders &amp; will organize within 2 years a set of empowerment seminars for 50 young women each, thus forming a nationwide network of 9,000 18-35 year-old women (5% from remote areas) who will participate in holistic women’s empowerment activities in 12 cities around Greece. 25 female facilitators with strong empowerment skills will advise &amp; coordinate them at regional level. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;, sans-serif">All training will be blended (live &amp; e-learning). Live teleconference with female mentors will be provided during the seminars. Videos of inspiring positive female models will be created &amp; communicated to 35,000 women of all ages. Awareness &amp; empowerment of 4,000 girls &amp; 4,000 boys aged 12-18 will be raised in schools.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>