The final conference of Women Making Waves in Ayukeri of Iceland signifies the successful completion of the project and the fruitful cooperation between the partners of the European project.
Although gender disparities have been acknowledged and achieving gender equality has been prioritized, the problem remains. Women are still under-represented in leading roles in various fields. “Women Making Waves: Enhancing Female Leadership Skills” is a European project aiming at strengthening disadvantaged women to break these patterns of inequality.
The Women Making Waves Project
The project of Women Making Waves was co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The basis of the project design was to empower disadvantaged women, to “make waves” and progress in their career fields. Specifically, the consortium aimed at boosting women’s leadership skills and strengths through awareness.
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What Happened to the Final conference of Women Making Waves
In the final conference of Women Making Waves in Ayukeri of Iceland, the partnership had the opportunity to present to the local community the produced intellectual outputs.
Throughout the project lifecycle, the partnership delivered the following results to show disadvantaged women the way towards leadership positions:
Women Making Waves Competence Framework (IO1): Firstly, the partnership developed a competence framework that corresponds to female leadership demands.
Women Making Waves training programme – Enhancing Female Leadership Skills (IO2): This output aims to boost women’s self-belief and confidence. The aim of IO2 is to help them progress in their careers with the development of a training programme.
Leader Circles (IO3): This output encompasses the materialization of 3 or 4 sessions, of 5 participants maximum. The goal of these sessions is to work on participants’ self-awareness; confidence; knowledge of employability; and, business and leadership opportunities.
Women Making Waves E-learning Academy (IO4): In particular, this result supplements in between sessions by providing access to extra material.
Policymakers Guide “Women Making Waves – Enhancing Female Leadership Skills” (IO5): Finally, the development of this policy guide emphasizes the importance of women leadership; and, their contribution to a wider extent.
Undoubtedly, the finalization of Women Making Waves resulted from fruitful cooperation. The consortium managed to deliver quality outputs that could contribute to women’s professional development and empowerment at large.
Learn more about the project by visiting the official website.
