Deadline: 23-Aug-20
The Council of Europe has launched the call for participants for Training Course in “Gender Equality in Youth Work”.
The training course will build capacities of multipliers, notably youth workers and youth leaders, to introduce gender equality standards and practices in their organisations and activities and to advocate for changes that support gender equality based on Council of Europe standards, approaches and tools as reflected in the Toolkit on Gender Equality in youth work.
More specifically the programme of the course will enable participants to:
- Understand, explore and discuss gender equality as a concept inherent to human rights and democracy applicable to everyday life and all dimensions of youth work
- Know, make use of and advocate for the implementation of Council of Europe standards and instruments on gender equality
- Recognise patterns of gender inequality in their organisations and to develop approaches to address and change them
- Develop and apply approaches and strategies for gender equality in and through youth work based on the Council of Europe Toolkit on Gender Equality in youth work
- Advocate and for effective gender equality in youth work and in society at large.
Criteria
The course is designed for leaders and multipliers in youth work and youth organisations such as:
- Decision makers in the field of youth affairs in local or nation al authorities concerned by youth policy and youth work
- Leaders of national youth organisations and youth councils
- Managers of youth centres
- Youth workers and facilitators in non–formal education, especially within youth organisations and associations, in youth work activities and in other NGOs concerned with human rights education;
- Youth project managers and organisers
All participants must also:
- be able to work in English
- be aged between 18-30 years old, exceptions can be made if justified
- be supported by a youth organisation, association or institution within which they can act as multipliers
- be able and committed to act as multipliers of gender equality
- be motivated to develop their competences in mainstreaming gender equality
- be committed to attend for the full duration of the course.
The Council of Europe welcomes applications from all candidates who fulfil the specific profile of the activities, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
For more information, visit https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth/-/call-for-participants-training-course-gender-equality-in-youth-work