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Equal Rights, Equal Voices: Migrant Women in the EU

07.09.2009

Epim Logo smallMIGS, in partnership with the European Women’s Lobby (www.womenlobby.org), and with the support of the European Programme on Integration and Migration (EPIM) of the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation (NEF), is implementing a project within the framework of the project “Equal Rights, Equal Voices: Migrant Women in the EU”.

The aim of the project is to introduce the European Migrant Network in Cyprus, including its aims, objectives and planned activities for the year 2010, as well as to provide a forum for discussion between migrant women in Cyprus, policy makers, trade unions and NGOs in order to engage in constructive dialogue on migration/integration policy.

Furthermore, MIGS will organize a capacity building workshop aimed at empowering migrant women and initiate the development of a migrant woman organization that could, in future, act as the Cyprus national platform for the European Network of Migrant Women. The partner of this project is Action for Support Equlaity and Antiracism (KISA - www.kisa.org.cy)

Description of activities:

  1. The organization of a one-day Capacity Building Workshop for and with migrant women with the aim to provide them with the necessary tools to effectively advocate for their rights on national level and to initiate the development of a migrant women’s organization in Cyprus.  It is expected that 30 migrant women currently living in Cyprus will participate in the workshop.
  2. The organization of a one-day seminar with the aim to expose and explore issues affecting migrant women in the EU and in Cyprus and discuss the need to integrate gender mainstreaming in migration and integration policies in Cyprus.   The aim is to create a platform for discussion between NGOs, migrant women and policy makers on successfully integrating gender mainstreaming in migration and integration policies in Cyprus. 

The capacity-building workshop and the seminar took take place in conjuction on the 20-21 December 2009.  For more information please click here.

For more information please contact Josie Christodoulou at josie@medinstgenderstudies.org.

This entry was posted on 07.09.2009 and is filed under Past Projects.