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About Equal-Agender
Equal is an
initiative funded through the European Social Fund (ESF). The programme
tests and promotes new means of challenging all forms of discrimination
and inequality in the labour market. The Agender Development Partnership
(DP) addresses one of Equal’s themes, that of gender inequality and job
desegregation and works with pilot Children’s Centres, Further and Higher
Education and private sector training groups to establish these
alternative career paths for women. Working with the Nextstep Network the
project is producing Information, Advice and Guidance resources and
materials which tackle the stereotyping of gender. Through a series of
‘women into…’ FE courses, women are being supported into non-traditional
careers through Agenders links to local employers.
Partners
are invited to submit innovative project proposals to offer programmes and
services which will redress job desegregation and assist women in finding
careers in construction, high level health sciences, film and television
production, forensic science and engineering. Some work recruiting men
into childcare is also planned. The start of 2007 saw lot of activity
commence. Please look around the site for further details on news, events
and project updates.
Equal
projects work with transnational partners sharing ideas and innovation
across Europe. The Agender DP works with projects in Italy, Catalonia and
Germany in a partnership called ‘WINGS’. These will strengthen inter-DP
relationships made between participating European nations and allow for a
further exchange of good practice.
Read about WINGS, the Transnational Partnership
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