The Council of Europe has launched a call for participants for the Training Course on "Gender Equality in Youth Work".
The training course will build the capacity of multipliers, especially youth workers and youth leaders, to introduce gender equality standards and practices in their organisations and activities and advocate for changes that support gender equality based on the Council of Europe's standards, approaches and tools, as reflected in the Toolkit on Gender Equality in Youth Work.
More specifically, the course programme will enable participants to:
Understand, explore and discuss gender equality as a concept inherent to human rights and democracy applicable to everyday life and all dimensions of youth work
Know, use and advocate for the implementation of Council of Europe standards and instruments on gender equality
Recognise patterns of gender inequality in their organisations and develop approaches to address and change them
Develop and apply approaches and strategies for gender equality in and through youth work, based on the Council of Europe's Toolkit on Gender Equality in Youth Work.
Defend and promote effective gender equality in youth work and in society in general.
Criteria
The course is aimed at leaders and multipliers of youth work and youth organisations such as:
- Decision-makers in the field of youth affairs in local or national authorities interested in youth policy and youth work
- Leaders of national youth organisations and youth councils
- Youth centre managers
- Youth workers and facilitators in non-formal education, especially within youth organisations and associations, youth work activities and other NGOs concerned with human rights education;
- Youth project managers and organisers
All participants must also:
- be able to work in English
- age between 18 and 30, exceptions can be made if justified
- be supported by a youth organisation, association or institution in which they can act as multipliers
- be able and committed to acting as a multiplier of gender equality
- be motivated to develop their skills in gender mainstreaming
- commit to participating for the duration of the course.
The Council of Europe receives applications from all candidates who meet the specific profile of the activities, regardless of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
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