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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’. A third transnational workshop was held
in Milan in September 2006 and was followed by a study
visit to Germany’s Emscher-Lippe region in November. These will
strengthen inter-DP relationships made between participating
European nations and allow for a further exchange of good practice.
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