Pro-Women. Up-skilling Itineraries for Women as New Cultural Promoters to Enhance Territorial Heritage

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“Women in a vulnerable situation – low-skilled / low-qualified and unemployed women and/or housewives who want to re-enter the labour market; professionals working with women in a vulnerable situation; local stakeholders related to the project field”

“Professionals (educators, trainers) working with women in a vulnerable situation to develop learning activities and make their up-skilling and to promote their employability in the tourism sector”

Pro-Women

“ProWomen – Up-skilling Itineraries for Women as New Cultural Promoters to Enhance Territorial Heritage is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that runs from September 2019 to August 2021.

The Pro-Women project wants to promote equal opportunities and social-labour inclusion of the low-skilled and unemployed women by providing intervention tools for training and empowerment. The target group will undertake a participative learning path to strengthen their competences and acquire new ones, with the final aim of supporting their employability in the Tourism sector. The project challenge is to operate in sustainable tourism. Therefore, this sector must increasingly be approached with a view of enhancing the cultural and environmental heritage, namely the legacy which includes tangible and intangible culture, as well as natural heritage (landscapes, biodiversity, etc.).” (About)

“This Handbook is developed with the aim of helping professionals (educators, trainers) working with women in a vulnerable situation to develop learning activities and make their up-skilling and to promote their employability in the tourism sector.

The Handbook provides suggestions on how to work with vulnerable women, while emphasizing at the same time the individuality of each person. It also contains information on how to effectively communicate, listen and engage, observe, promote and enable, mobilise resources, assess and plan. The Handbook will refer to the previous products and activities developed in the context of the Pro-Women project, such as IO1 – An Integrated Reading of the Territories, IO2 – Learning Course Package, and IO3 – Atlas. In this way, it becomes a holistic reference point of the project objectives as a whole, while simultaneously utilizing all the resources that have been developed within the project duration.

One innovative element of this Output is that it offers tools and exercises that help identify the specific challenges of each woman in a vulnerable position and thus to assess their actual needs in order to adapt the intervention paths and perspectives to the real needs of the individual. This is reflected in the belief that women do not comprise a homogeneous group or category; they face different challenges and thus it is crucial to try and understand their situation and their specific needs in order to formulate appropriate plans of action. These tools will be in the form of outlines for interviews and questionnaires.” (Handbook)

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The resource is linked to SDG targets around skills and employability in relation to women. These include: 1.2 (reduce the number of people living in poverty), 1.4 (equal rights to opportunity), 4.3 (access to education and training or women and men), 4.4 (skills for work), 4.5 (eliminate barriers in education), 4.A (inclusive learning environments), 5.1 (end discrimination against women and girls), 5.5 (women’s participation and opportunities for leadership), 5.C (policies to empower women and girls), 8.3 (policies for productive work and job creation), 8.5 (full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men), 8.8 (protect labour rights), 8.9 (support sustainable tourism), 10.2 (social, economic and political inclusion for all), 10.3 (equal opportunity), 10.4 (social protection), 11.4 (protect and safeguard cultural and natural heritage), 11.7 (safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces), 11.B (integrated policies towards inclusion).

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SDG 1.2: Reduce Poverty by at least 50%
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number of programmes drawing on collections (educational, awareness-raising, research, partnerships) that explore poverty as a multidimensional and complex issue, and that empower people to act to address poverty in all its forms.
Number of educational programmes that are targeted towards people living in poverty.
Proactive steps taken to ensure that all people, including those living in poverty, can access services.
Collections development to support such programmes.
Promotion of poverty-reducing programmes, locally and worldwide.
Proactive support for economically disadvantaged and marginalized people in supply chains.
Pro-poor decisions incorporated into all forms of operations, including financial decisions.
Transparency in reporting on the supply chain, incorporating actions to address poverty locally and worldwide.
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SDG 1.4: Equal Rights to Ownership, Basic Services, Technology and Economic Resources
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers and proportions of people from particular groups using collections in comparison with demographics in broader society.
Numbers of people accessing collections.
Number of targeted programmes that aim to enhance access to collections by disadvantaged groups.
Sustainable tourism that enhances local communities’ access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property (including cultural and natural heritage), as well as to technology and markets.
Involvement of people from disadvantaged groups in decision-making activities and processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
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SDG 4.3: Equal Access to Affordable Technical, Vocational and Higher Education
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number of learning programmes in schools, colleges and universities that make use of collections.
Proportion of learning programmes in schools and colleges making use of collections that prioritise disadvantaged areas.
Gender balance of students in learning programmes.
Number of programmes using collections that aim to encourage people to participate in education in schools, colleges and universities.
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SDG 4.4: Increase the Number of People with Relevant Skills for Financial Success
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number of young people and adults in skills-development activities and programmes drawing on collections, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
Increase in number of young people and adults in such programmes.
Number and proportion of staff who have received training in the last year, to better support their contribution to the SDGs.
Programs and processes in place to ensure the availability of a skilled workforce.
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SDG 4.5: Eliminate all Discrimination in Education
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to eliminate gender disparities in education.
Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to meet the particular needs of persons with disabilities.
Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to meet the particular needs of Indigenous peoples’ groups.
Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to meet the particular needs of children in vulnerable situations.
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SDG 4.A: Build and Upgrade Inclusive and Safe Schools
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and proportion of education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive.
Proportion of education facilities that provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.
Number and type of initiatives to improve effectiveness of learning environments.
Support given to other education facilities to make them more inclusive and effective.
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SDG 5.1: End Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of sex or gender.
Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of sex or gender.
Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with people of different sex and gender.
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SDG 5.5: Ensure Full Participation in Leadership and Decision-Making
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and proportion of women included in programmes, partnerships and processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions at:
i. foundation/entry levels
ii. intermediate levels
iii. senior levels, including management, leadership and decision-making.
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SDG 5.C: Adopt and Strengthen Policies and Enforceable Legislation for Gender Equality
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and proportion of policies relating to collections and collections-based institutions that incorporate gender perspectives to promote gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.
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SDG 8.3: Promote Policies to Support Job Creation and Growing Enterprises
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Development-oriented policies in place for the range of activities, or development-oriented considerations are included in other policies.
Number of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises supported.
Number and proportion of formalised arrangements with micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Total value of financial services or financial support provided to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises.
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SDG 8.5: Full Employment and Decent Work with Equal Pay
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Increase in number of people in full and productive employment relating to collections, through job creation and recruitment.
Increase in proportion of existing staff working with collections in productive employment.
Increase in number of men, women, young people and persons with disabilities in development and training programmes drawing on collections that support them in employment.
Removal of pay disparities by gender and/or other status for those working with collections.
Policies and plans in place to ensure that all suppliers and others in the supply chain are in decent and productive work.
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SDG 8.8: Protect Labour Rights and Promote Safe Working Environments
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and proportions of staff working with collections in safe and secure working environments.
Number of accidents and other health and safety incidents reported.
Training and support provided for staff to ensure their wellbeing, health and safety.
Education, awareness-raising and partnership programmes drawing on collections that address labour rights, notably those of migrant workers and others in precarious employment.
Reduction of numbers and proportions of staff on short-term or zero-hours contracts.
Fair pay policies and procedures in place to prevent exploitation.
Procurement policies that ensure that collecting institutions make use of people who are in decent employment, and that avoid exploitation throughout the supply chain.
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SDG 8.9: Promote Beneficial and Sustainable Tourism
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers of jobs created or supported that relate to sustainable tourism drawing on local products (e.g. craft producers).
Develop and implement plans to reduce and remove negative impacts of tourism.
Numbers of activities and/or products drawing on local culture.
Value to artisans and source communities of activities and products drawing on local culture.
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SDG 10.2: Promote Universal Social Economic and Political Inclusion
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of social or other status.
Numbers and proportions of people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
Numbers and proportions of people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
Numbers and proportions of people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with marginalized groups, individuals and communities.
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SDG 10.3: Ensure Equal Opportunities and End Discrimination
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Identification of discriminatory policies and practices, with clear plans to address these, to ensure equal opportunity for all and reduce inequalities of outcome.
Collections development to uphold and promote legislation and anti-discriminatory perspectives, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
Education and participatory programmes that promote anti-discriminatory legislation, policies and action, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
Research that supports anti-discriminatory legislation, policies and action, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
Participation in partnerships that promote anti-discriminatory legislation, policies and action, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
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SDG 10.4: Adopt Fiscal and Social Policies that Promotes Equality
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and proportion of policies that proactively address equality issues relating to fiscal, wage and social protection considerations.
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SDG 11.4: Protect the Worlds Cultural and Natural Heritage
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Total expenditure (public and private) per capita spent on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by type of heritage.
Plans, policies and procedures in place for the safe use of collections for a variety of purposes, protecting and safeguarding both collections and those who use them.
Plans, policies and procedures in place for the identification, safeguarding and protection of cultural and natural heritage at risk.
Collecting programmes in place to protect, safeguard and make use of cultural and natural heritage, addressing the needs of communities and stakeholders, and ensuring that collections can be an effective resource for sustainable development.
Number and diversity of educational, awareness-raising, research programmes, and partnerships that aim to strengthen protection of cultural and natural heritage.
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SDG 11.7: Provide Access to Safe and Inclusive Green and Public Spaces
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers of people accessing collecting institutions from different demographic groups, notably women, children, older people and persons with disabilities.
Increases in numbers of people accessing collecting institutions from different demographic groups.
Measures taken to remove barriers to access green and public spaces.
Extent of green space provided by collections institutions.
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SDG 11.B: Implement Policies for Inclusion, Resource Efficiency and Disaster Risk Reduction
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030a.
Disaster Risk Reduction strategies and plans in place, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, to ensure collecting institutions and collections are factored into planning, and contribute effectively to Disaster Risk Reduction.
Collections-based institutions included in local plans for social inclusion, resource use, and Disaster Risk Reduction.
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