Empowering Disadvantaged Women via Distance Education for a Sustainable Development

Empowering Disadvantaged Women via Distance Education for a Sustainable Development

Project 2021-1-NO01-KA220-ADU-000033467

In the global agenda, women are regarded as the key driver for economic empowerment and employment. Gender equality(GE) is at the center of EU values and is supported within the legal and political framework. The project aims to provide special learning opportunities to low-skilled adults and women, to encourage women to education by removing the space and time limits, and by increasing women’s economic empowerment/basic skills and competencies through distance education

Project Aim:

To provide special learning opportunities to low-skilled adults and women, to encourage women into education by removing location and time restrictions, and by increasing women’s economic empowerment/basic skills and competencies through distance education

Objectives:

To provide easy access to education services with distance education modules for women who cannot attend face-to-face.
To empower women in career, entrepreneurship, digital skills and financial literacy through education and ensuring their participation in social and economic life.
To create a strong social education network for women.
To encourage women to develop themselves, their economic empowerment, financial and social inclusion by providing professional and personal development trainings.
Including women in the social network with user-friendly mobile applications and e-content.
Contributing to digital transformation in the field of adult education.
To create a user-friendly e-learning platform.
To give the participants the awareness of Europeanness and European citizenship and reshape our network via creating a bond.

Target Group:

The target group of the project consists of women with multiple disadvantages (aged 20-65).

The ultimate goal of the project is to ensure the social and economic inclusion of the target group by increasing their basic level skills and qualifications, digital/financial literacy, and entrepreneurship skills

Project Result

WP1 – E-Learning Platform Creation/Mobile Application https://edw.aketh.eu/

WP2 – Online Employability Modules

WP3 – Mobile for Developing ICT/Digital Literacy Skills

WP4 – Entrepreneurship/Financial Literacy Module

Partners

Prios Vest AS (PV)

Developmental Centre of Thessaly

Learnmera Oy

Vienna Association of Education Volunteers

ARDA Bertaung & Bildung GmbH

Mersin University Anamur Vocational School