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Expansion and reinforcement of the municipal women's care service (Ampliación y refuerzo del servicio municipal de atención a la mujer)
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Promoter Information:
Abstract:
The project is based on the incorporation of an expert equality agent in direct intervention and in the design, management, development and evaluation of specific equal opportunity and gender programmes for the municipal women's care service of the Cuntis City Council. The incorporation of the equality agents had among its actions primarily the attention to women users of the service, without prejudice to the development of other actions in matters of equality focused on other groups or of a transversal nature. The project is aimed at the general population since both the actions at the internal to the council – such as awareness-raising activities on staff equality or the implementation of the gender perspective in the projects promoted by the local administration – such as those directly focused on citizens will have a repercussion on the population by aiming to achieve a more egalitarian society. However, the project contemplated that in the event of a particular need for carry out activities that prioritize the participation of people in disadvantaged situations. Priority will be given to women victims of gender violence, people with disabilities, people at risk of social exclusion or migrants, among others, because it is considered that they face a situation of greater vulnerability. It aims to: - Promote and improve the social situation of the citizens of the town of Cuntis promoting the application of the principle of equality as a guarantee of a just society and egalitarian. - Raise awareness about the meaning and necessity of equal opportunities between women and men - Provide technical advice to the local corporation to carry out policies equal opportunities between women and men - Inform women about existing resources in the territory, especially in employment and training - Development and implementation of activities that promote equality of opportunities and the fight against gender violence in the municipality - Include the incorporation of the gender perspective in the projects of the Local Administration - Promote the autonomy and economic independence of women as an instrument of promotion of female empowerment and leadership - Promote associations as an instrument for the participation of women in the location - Establish channels of collaboration between the entities involved in the project with the purpose of promoting synergies that contribute to the achievement of equality of women and men
Keywords:
council, atention, empowerment, social, opportunity
Dates:
Feb. 10, 2019 - None
Source Specificity:
Initiative/Practice/Project/Programme/Case Studies, Public Policy Document
Website:
https://www.inmujeres.gob.es/areasTematicas/AreaEstudiosInvestigacion/docs/Estudios/Guia_de_buenas_practicas.pdf
Power Domains:
Social
Methods Tools:
Gender Training, Competence development
Country:
ES
City:
Cuntis
Implementation Scale:
local
Language:
Spanish
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